公开(公告)号：US06370290B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-09

申请号：US08934189

申请日：1997-09-19

申请人： Gary A. Ball ,  Robert W. Ade ,  Karl Kissa ,  Paul Dunn ,  Timothy C. Munks ,  Ronald T. Logan, Jr. ,  Eitan Gertel

发明人： Gary A. Ball ,  Robert W. Ade ,  Karl Kissa ,  Paul Dunn ,  Timothy C. Munks ,  Ronald T. Logan, Jr. ,  Eitan Gertel

IPC分类号： G02B612

CPC分类号： G02B6/4201 ,  G02B6/4215 ,  G02B6/4239 ,  G02B6/4244 ,  G02B6/4266 ,  G02B6/4271 ,  G02B6/4285

摘要： An integrated optical transmitter for use in an optical system has an optical head assembly with an optical beam generator for providing an optical beam and a lens assembly collecting the optical beam and generating therefrom a formed optical beam. Interface optics receives the formed optical beam and provides optical coupling so as to minimize insertion loss to the optical beam. Also included is an optical modulator for receiving the optical beam from the interface optics and for providing a modulated optical beam in response to received modulation signals. The optical modulator is coupled to the interface optics to be in a fixed relationship therewith.

摘要翻译： 用于光学系统的集成光发射器具有光学头组件，其具有用于提供光束的光束发生器和收集光束并由其产生形成的光束的透镜组件。 接口光学器件接收所形成的光束并提供光耦合，以使对光束的插入损耗最小化。 还包括用于从接口光学器件接收光束并响应于接收到的调制信号提供调制光束的光调制器。 光调制器耦合到界面光学器件以与其成为固定的关系。

公开(公告)号：US06226424B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-01

申请号：US09306108

申请日：1999-05-06

申请人： Gary A. Ball ,  Robert W. Ade ,  Karl Kissa ,  Paul Dunn ,  Timothy C. Munks ,  Ronald T. Logan, Jr. ,  Eitan Gertel

发明人： Gary A. Ball ,  Robert W. Ade ,  Karl Kissa ,  Paul Dunn ,  Timothy C. Munks ,  Ronald T. Logan, Jr. ,  Eitan Gertel

IPC分类号： G02B612

CPC分类号： G02B6/4201 ,  G02B6/4215 ,  G02B6/4239 ,  G02B6/4244 ,  G02B6/4266 ,  G02B6/4271 ,  G02B6/4285

摘要： An integrated optical transmitter for use in an optical system includes an optical head assembly having an optical beam generator for providing an optical beam and a lens assembly for collecting the optical beam and generating therefrom a formed optical beam. Interface optics receive the formed optical beam for coupling the beam to a modulator so as to reduce nsertion loss to the optical beam. The optical modulator receives the optical beam from the interface optics and provides a modulated optical beam in response to received modulation signals. The optical modulator is coupled to the interface optics to be in a fixed relationship therewith. The integrated optical transmitter can include a means for sampling the optical beam and controlling the temperature of and/or the current supplied to the optical beam generator for controlling the wavelength of the optical transmitter. The optical head assembly and the modulator can be compliantly mounted to a mounting surface reducing the effects of thermal stress on the performance of the optical transmitter.

摘要翻译： 用于光学系统的集成光发射机包括具有用于提供光束的光束发生器和用于收集光束并由其产生形成的光束的透镜组件的光学头组件。 接口光学器件接收形成的光束，用于将光束耦合到调制器，以减少对光束的插入损耗。 光调制器从接口光学器件接收光束并且响应于接收的调制信号提供调制的光束。 光调制器耦合到界面光学器件以与其成为固定的关系。 集成光发射机可以包括用于对光束进行采样并控制提供给光束发生器的温度和/或电流以控制光发射机的波长的装置。 光学头组件和调制器可以顺应地安装到安装表面，减少热应力对光发射机性能的影响。

公开(公告)号：US5347601A

公开(公告)日：1994-09-13

申请号：US37863

申请日：1993-03-29

申请人： Robert W. Ade ,  Donald E. Bossi

发明人： Robert W. Ade ,  Donald E. Bossi

IPC分类号： G02B6/12 ,  H04B10/40 ,  G02B6/10

CPC分类号： H04B10/40 ,  G02B6/12004 ,  G02B2006/12078

摘要： An integrated optical receiver/transmitter (transceiver) 8 has continuous wave (cw) light 16 that enters a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator 10 controlled by a modulator control circuit 12 that provides modulated light 30 along a waveguide 32 to an optical coupler 34 which couples a predetermined portion of the light 30 to a waveguide 44 as light 42 which then exits the transceiver from a port 46. Receive light 90 is accepted at the port 46 and travels along the waveguide 44 to the coupler 34 which couples a predetermined amount of the light 90 to a waveguide 70 as light 92 which is detected by a waveguide-integrated photodetector 72. The photodetector 72 provides a current signal on a line 74 to a receiver circuit 76 which provides a voltage signal indicative of the light 92. Alternatively, the coupler may be passive, thereby not requiring the coupler control circuit, or no coupler at all may be employed and two fibers used for communications with the transceiver 8.

摘要翻译： 集成光接收器/发射器（收发器）8具有进入由调制器控制电路12控制的马赫 - 策德尔光调制器10的连续波（cw）光16，调制器控制电路12沿着波导32将调制光30提供给耦合到光耦合器34 光30的预定部分作为光42，光42然后从端口46离开收发器。接收光90在端口46处被接受并且沿着波导44行进到耦合器34，耦合器34将预定量的 光90作为光92被波导集成光电检测器72检测。光电检测器72将线74上的电流信号提供给接收器电路76，接收器电路76提供指示光92的电压信号。或者， 耦合器可以是无源的，从而不需要耦合器控制电路，或者根本不使用耦合器，并且两个光纤用于与收发器8的通信。

公开(公告)号：US5982964A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-09

申请号：US885428

申请日：1997-06-30

申请人： Jeffrey M. Marx ,  Robert W. Ade ,  Jack Lin

发明人： Jeffrey M. Marx ,  Robert W. Ade ,  Jack Lin

IPC分类号： G02B6/13 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/134 ,  G02B6/132

CPC分类号： G02B6/1345 ,  G02B6/1342

摘要： A method of fabricating an optical device incorporates two different techniques for formation of different structures of the device on the same substrate. Individual processes such as Titanium indiffusion and annealed proton exchange in LiNbO.sub.3 require significantly different temperature ranges for comparable waveguide formation. The present method combines these processes and allows for temperature tuning of the optical parameters of passive and active components, for instance coupling lengths of directional couplers, associated with one section of the device without altering the optical parameters of similar components in the other sections. The process improves yield for devices which employ more than one precisely fabricated optical directional coupler by creating an extra degree of process freedom.

摘要翻译： 制造光学器件的方法结合了用于在同一衬底上形成器件的不同结构的两种不同的技术。 在LiNbO 3中的单独的工艺如钛的扩散和退火的质子交换对于相当的波导形成需要显着不同的温度范围。 本方法组合了这些过程，并且允许对被动和有源部件的光学参数进行温度调节，例如与设备的一部分相关联的定向耦合器的耦合长度，而不改变其它部分中相似部件的光学参数。 该工艺通过产生额外的工艺自由度来提高使用多于一个精确制造的光学定向耦合器的装置的产量。

公开(公告)号：US5391869A

公开(公告)日：1995-02-21

申请号：US39807

申请日：1993-03-29

申请人： Robert W. Ade ,  Donald E. Bossi ,  James M. Berak, Sr. ,  Rocco P. Basilica

发明人： Robert W. Ade ,  Donald E. Bossi ,  James M. Berak, Sr. ,  Rocco P. Basilica

IPC分类号： G02B6/42 ,  H01L31/105 ,  H01L31/108 ,  H01J5/16

CPC分类号： G02B6/42 ,  H01L31/105 ,  H01L31/1085

摘要： A single-side growth reflection-based photodetector includes a waveguide structure 8 comprising a "strip-loaded rib" waveguide 10 which accepts light 11 from an input end-face 7 and confines the light to a predetermined spatial optical mode 12. The light 11 propagates along the waveguide 10 and is internally reflected off an edge 18 of a retrograde angled region 20, at one end of the waveguide, to a detector layer 16 where the light 11 is absorbed, thereby creating electron-hole pairs in the detector layer 16. The absorbed light is detected by a metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) detector comprising an interdigital electrode structure 14 disposed on the outer surface of the detector layer 16 which is disposed above a wide non-waveguide mesa layer 9. For 0.84 micron wavelength light, the detector layer 16 is made of GaAs. Alternatively, for 1.3-1.55 micron light, the detector layer 16 is made of InGaAs.

摘要翻译： 单侧生长反射型光电检测器包括波导结构8，波导结构8包括“带状肋”波导10，波导10从输入端面7接收光11并将光限制到预定的空间光学模式12.光11 沿着波导10传播，并且在波导的一端处的逆向有角度的区域20的边缘18内部反射到检测器层16，在该检测器层16中吸收光11，从而在检测器层16中形成电子 - 空穴对 吸收的光被金属半导体金属（MSM）检测器检测，该金属半导体金属（MSM）检测器包括设置在检测器层16的外表面上的交叉指状电极结构14，该检测器层16设置在宽的非波导台面层9的上方。对于0.84微米波长 光检测器层16由GaAs制成。 或者，对于1.3-1.55微米的光，检测器层16由InGaAs制成。