摘要:
Herein provided is an optical isolator which permits the reduction of the production cost and which is excellent in the thermal shock resistance. The optical isolator of the present invention is that the Farady rotator be adhered to the birefringent crystals or glass polarizers through adhesive layers and that the glass transition point of the adhesive be not more than −40° C.
摘要:
An optical isolator has a high ratio of the quantity of signals S to that of noises N (S/N ratio) and can be miniaturized such a size that it can easily be incorporated into a laser module. The optical isolator 1 according to the present invention is one to be connected to a semiconductor laser 11 having a linear polarization plane and comprises a Faraday's rotator 5 and a magnetic material 4 for establishing a magnetic field around the rotor on the light-incident side of the isolator and an optical material 6 for polarization on the light-outputting side thereof. In particular, the optical isolator 1 of the present invention is one to be connected to a semiconductor laser 11 having a linear polarization plane while aligning a polarization direction guide 3 of the isolator with the semiconductor laser 11, comprises a Faraday's rotator 5 whose light-incident and -outputting sides are desirably inclined with respect to the optical path and an annular magnetic material 4 surrounding the rotator 5, on the light-incident side of the isolator and an optical material 6 for polarization, on the light-outputting side thereof, whose light-incident and -outputting sides are desirably inclined with respect to the optical path, and the optical material for polarization is more desirably made of a metal-containing glass material.
摘要:
An optical isolator comprises a polarizer, a Faraday rotator, an analyzer and a magnet for applying a magnetic field to the Faraday rotator wherein the polarizer is incorporated into a first metal cylinder to form a polarizer unit, the Faraday rotator is incorporated into a cylindrical magnet to form a Faraday rotator unit and the analyzer is incorporated into a second metal cylinder to form an analyzer unit, the polarizer, Faraday rotator and analyzer units being arranged within an outer cylinder and the first metal cylinder and the second metal cylinder being joined to the outer cylinder through an adhesive component. The optical isolator can easily be produced, the adhered and supported portion thereof is not peeled off and it has high reliability.
摘要:
The optical isolator of the present invention comprises a polarizer, a Farady rotator and an analyzer arranged in this order, wherein the Farady rotator has a garnet crystalline structure represented by the formula (Tb.sub.1-(a+b) Ln.sub.a Bi.sub.b).sub.3 (Fe.sub.1-c M.sub.c).sub.5 O.sub.12 wherein Ln represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements other than Tb; 0
摘要:
An improvement is proposed relating to an optical isolator for bonding of the polarizer and analyzer of polarizing glass to the respective holder rings for position adjustment. The improvement comprises: (a) forming a metallized layer of a specific composition over at least two of the side surfaces of each of the polarizer and analyzer on the area of the surface excepting for the linear areas of 50 to 150 .mu.m width from the top and bottom surfaces of the polarizer or analyzer; and (b) bonding the polarizer and analyzer to the respective holder rings by soldering using a solder alloy with intervention of the metallized layer between the polarizer or analyzer and the holder ring. The invention further provides an optical part having, on at least one of the surfaces, a heat-resistant anti-reflection coating film which is a double-layered film consisting of a thin film of the titanium oxide TiO.sub.x (x=1.9 to 2.2) as the underlayer of high refractive index and a thin film of silicon dioxide as the overlayer of low refractive index.
摘要:
A Faraday's rotator comprises a magnetic crystal which has a composition represented by the following compositional formula: (Tb.sub.1-(a+b+c+d) Ln.sup.1.sub.a Ln.sup.2.sub.b Bi.sub.c M.sup.1.sub.d).sub.3 (Fe.sub.1-e M.sup.2.sub.e).sub.5 O.sub.12, has a lattice constant of 12.383.+-.0.006 .ANG. and is grown through the liquid phase epitaxial growth technique. In the foregoing formula, Ln.sup.1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Yb, Lu and Tm; Ln.sup.2 is at least one member selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements except for Yb, Lu, Tm and Tb; M.sup.1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg and Sr; M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, Ti, Si and Ge; 0.2.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.0.6, 0.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.0.3, 0
摘要翻译:法拉第旋转器包括具有由以下组成式表示的组成的磁性晶体:(Tb1-(a + b + c + d)Ln1aLn2bBicM1d)3(Fe1-eM2e)5O12,晶格常数为12.383 +/- 0.006 ANGSTROM并通过液相外延生长技术生长。 在上述式中,Ln1是选自Yb,Lu和Tm中的至少一种元素; Ln2是选自除了Yb,Lu,Tm和Tb之外的稀土元素中的至少一种; M1是选自Ca,Mg和Sr中的至少一种元素; M2是选自Al,Ga,Ti,Si和Ge中的至少一种元素; 0.2 = a = 0.6,0 b = 0.3,0
摘要:
An improvement is proposed relating to an optical isolator for bonding of the polarizer and analyzer of polarizing glass to the respective holder rings for position adjustment. The improvement comprises: (a) forming a metallized layer of a specific composition over at least two of the side surfaces of each of the polarizer and analyzer on the area of the surface excepting for the linear areas of 50 to 150 .mu.m width from the top and bottom surfaces of the polarizer or analyzer; and (b) bonding the polarizer and analyzer to the respective holder rings by soldering using a solder alloy with intervention of the metallized layer between the polarizer or analyzer and the holder ring. The invention further provides an optical part having, on at least one of the surfaces, a heat-resistant anti-reflection coating film which is a double-layered film consisting of a thin film of the titanium oxide TiO.sub.x (x=1.9 to 2.2) as the underlayer of high refractive index and a thin film of silicon dioxide as the overlayer of low refractive index.
摘要:
The present multiple-stage optical isolator has low polarization-dependency and low polarization-mode dispersion but does not require a long time for the assembly. It is constructed of a first unit having a first Faraday rotator placed within a magnetic field and at least one birefringent crystal sandwiching the Faraday rotator, these components being arranged in order from the light incident side; and a second unit having a second Faraday rotator placed within a magnetic field and at least one birefringent crystal sandwiching the Faraday rotator, these components being arranged in order from the light incident side, wherein the first and second units are arranged in order along the direction of the light transmission.
摘要:
An optical fiber type part for optical systems which comprises a smaller number of parts, whose production does not require a long time and which has stable optical characteristics is herein provided. The optical fiber type part for optical systems comprises an optical element 9, first and second lenses and each arranged on the light-incident or light-outgoing side of the optical part and first and second optical fibers and each arranged on the light-incident side of the first lens and the light-outgoing side of the second lens respectively and is characterized in that the end faces of the first and second optical fibers which are opposed to one another are inclined at an angle and subjected to abrasive finishing and that anti-reflection films are formed on these end faces.
摘要:
There is disclosed an optical isolator, wherein one surface of an optical element comprising at least one polarizer and at least one Faraday rotator is bonded and fixed to a substrate in which a height of an optical element bonded portion surface has a level difference from a height of a peripheral portion surface, and the optical isolator, wherein a rectangular parallelepiped optical element comprising at least one polarizer and at least one Faraday rotator, which are bonded in the face of each light-transmitting surface, is bonded and fixed with a bonding agent to the substrate while the Faraday rotator in the optical element is not bonded to the substrate. There is provided a reliable and low cost optical isolator that can bond and integrate an optical isolator element and permanent magnets on a substrate, can realize positional adjustment in assembly with high precision and high bonding strength, and can avoid bonding distortion for an optical element.