Abstract:
Provided are an optical waveguide device and a laser apparatus including the same. The optical waveguide device includes a peripheral part disposed on an edge region of a substrate, an air pocket disposed on a central region of the substrate within the peripheral part, an optical waveguide comprising a core layer, which is disposed on an upper portion of the substrate within the air pocket to extend in a first direction, and an electrode on the core layer, and a plurality of hinges disposed on the air pocket to connect the optical waveguide to the peripheral part in a second direction crossing the first direction.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a wavelength-selectable laser diode and an optical communication apparatus including the same. The wavelength-selectable laser diode includes a substrate, which includes a gain region, a tuning region spaced apart from the gain region, and a phase adjusting region between the tuning region and the gain region, a waveguide layer on the substrate, a clad layer on the waveguide layer, and gratings disposed on the substrate or the clad layer in the gain region and the tuning region.
Abstract:
An optical phase diversity receiver may include: a diffraction grating including grating surfaces; a first input waveguide to which a first optical signal is inputted; a second input waveguide to which a second optical signal is inputted; and a slab waveguide including an input terminal optically coupled with the first and second input waveguides, and an output terminal provided at a position at which optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating reach the slab waveguide. Every determined number of grating surfaces are chirped in an identical manner. The slab waveguide is configured to guide the first and the second optical signals to the diffraction grating and guide the optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating to the output terminal. The grating surfaces are configured such that each of the optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating is divided into the predetermined number by optical power distribution.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of manufacturing a ridge waveguide type semiconductor laser diode, the method including sequentially forming, on a substrate, a lower clad layer, an active layer, a first upper clad layer, and a second upper clad layer; forming an insulating mask on the second upper clad layer; wet-etching the second upper clad layer by using the insulating mask to form channels passing through the second upper clad layer and a ridge between the channels; and performing dry-etching by using the insulating mask to form trenches that are extended from the channels and pass through the first upper clad layer.
Abstract:
An optical device according to the embodiment of the inventive concept includes a waveguide path including a light generation region, a wavelength variable region, and a light modulation region, a first light waveguide layer provided in the light generation region to generate light, a second light waveguide layer provided in the wavelength variable region and connected to the first light waveguide layer, a ring-shaped third light waveguide layer provided in the light modulation region and connected to the second light waveguide layer, and first and second light modulation electrodes spaced apart from each other with the light modulation region therebetween. Here, the first light modulation electrode, the third light waveguide layer, and the second light modulation electrode vertically overlap each other.
Abstract:
Provided are an optical apparatus, a manufacturing method of a distributed Bragg reflector laser diode, and a manufacturing method of the optical apparatus, the an optical apparatus including a cooling device, a distributed Bragg reflector laser diode having a lower clad including a recess region on one side of the cooling device and connected to another side of the cooling device, and an air gap between the cooling device and the distributed Bragg reflector laser diode, wherein the air gap is defined by a bottom surface of the lower clad in the recess region and a top surface of the cooling device.
Abstract:
Provided are an optical apparatus, a manufacturing method of a distributed Bragg reflector laser diode, and a manufacturing method of the optical apparatus, the an optical apparatus including a cooling device, a distributed Bragg reflector laser diode having a lower clad including a recess region on one side of the cooling device and connected to another side of the cooling device, and an air gap between the cooling device and the distributed Bragg reflector laser diode, wherein the air gap is defined by a bottom surface of the lower clad in the recess region and a top surface of the cooling device
Abstract:
Provided are a wavelength swept source apparatus and a method for operating thereof. According to the provided apparatus and method, single mode light is generated, a basic optical comb including a plurality of light rays having identical frequency differences with adjacent light rays is generated by modulating the generated single mode light, and a plurality of optical combs, that includes same number of light rays as the plurality of light rays, has a different frequency band from that of the basic optical comb, and is distributed in a wider frequency band than that in which the basic optical comb is distributed, is generated by modulating the plurality of light rays. The plurality of light rays and light rays included in the plurality of optical combs are sequentially emitted according to frequencies of the plurality of light rays and the light rays included in the plurality of optical combs.
Abstract:
Provided is a distributed feedback-laser diode (DFB-LD) and manufacturing method thereof. The DFB-LD includes a substrate; a lower clad layer having a grating on the substrate; an active waveguide extended in a first direction on the lower clad layer; an upper clad layer on the active waveguide; a signal pad on the upper clad layer; and at least one ground pad spaced apart from the active waveguide, the upper clad layer, and the signal pad in a second direction crossing the first direction, the at least one ground pad being coupled to the lower clad layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a laser diode and a method for manufacturing the same. The diode includes a substrate including a DBR region having a channel hole, an active region, and a phase shift region, an optical waveguide provided on the substrate and extending from the active region to the DBR region, a lower insulation layer disposed on the optical waveguide, upper electrodes disposed on the lower insulation layer, and a heat blocking layer disposed in the channel hole of the DBR region and thermally separating the optical waveguide from the substrate.