Wavelength tunable light source integrated with optical amplifier, beam steering unit, and concave diffraction grating
    1.
    发明授权
    Wavelength tunable light source integrated with optical amplifier, beam steering unit, and concave diffraction grating 失效
    波长可调光源与光放大器,光束转向单元和凹衍射光栅集成

    公开(公告)号:US07133194B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-07

    申请号:US11388522

    申请日:2006-03-24

    IPC分类号: H01S3/13

    摘要: Provided is a wavelength tunable light source that can electrically tune wavelengths by monolithically integrating an optical amplifier, a beam steering unit, and a concave diffraction grating on a single substrate. A beam is deflected by the beam steering unit when an electrical signal is applied to two electrodes installed in the beam steering unit to be incident on the diffraction grating, and then diffracted by the diffraction grating according to the incidence angle such that part of the beam with a specific wavelength is reflected, thereby achieving wavelength tuning. Since the wavelength tuning is achieved electrically, the wavelength tunable light source is structurally stable and has a rapid wavelength tuning rate.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种波长可调光源,其可以通过在单个基板上单片集成光放大器,光束转向单元和凹衍射光栅来电调谐波长。 当电信号被施加到安装在光束转向单元中的两个电极入射到衍射光栅上时,光束被光束转向单元偏转,然后根据入射角被衍射光栅衍射,使得光束的一部分 反射特定波长,从而实现波长调谐。 由于波长调谐是电气实现的,波长可调光源在结构上是稳定的并且具有快速的波长调谐率。

    Logic element employing saturable absorber
    2.
    发明授权
    Logic element employing saturable absorber 有权
    使用可饱和吸收器的逻辑元件

    公开(公告)号:US06822591B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-23

    申请号:US10682453

    申请日:2003-10-08

    IPC分类号: H03M100

    CPC分类号: G02F3/00 G02F1/3517

    摘要: The present invention relates to all-optical OR and XOR logic elements employing saturable absorbers as optical gates. Saturable absorbers are arranged in paths of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer, respectively. If the total power of an input optical signal and a continuous wave signal is higher than a transparent input power of the saturable absorbers, the input optical signal passes through the saturable absorbers, and then the optical signals through the two paths are combined, so that it is possible to obtain the operational characteristics of the OR and XOR logic elements. According to the present invention, unlike the optical logic element using a cross-phase modulation by a semiconductor optical amplifier, phase difference depending upon the input optical power is not generated between two paths, so that it is possible to alleviate a restriction of an allowable range of the input optical power.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及采用可饱和吸收器作为光栅的全光学OR和异或逻辑元件。 可饱和吸收器分别布置在马赫 - 曾德干涉仪的路径上。 如果输入光信号和连续波信号的总功率高于可饱和吸收体的透明输入功率,则输入光信号通过可饱和吸收体,然后将通过两条路径的光信号合并,使得 可以获得OR和XOR逻辑元件的操作特性。根据本发明,与使用半导体光放大器的交叉相位调制的光逻辑元件不同,不产生取决于输入光功率的相位差 在两个路径之间,使得可以减轻对输入光功率的允许范围的限制。

    Optical deflector
    5.
    发明授权
    Optical deflector 失效
    光学偏转器

    公开(公告)号:US07248415B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-24

    申请号:US11237043

    申请日:2005-09-28

    IPC分类号: G02B3/00 G02B5/04 G02F1/295

    摘要: Provided is an optical deflector for deflecting radiation beams. The optical deflector includes: a peripheral region having a first effective refractive index; and a deflection pattern region having a predetermined shape and a second effective refractive index, wherein the second effective refractive index differs from the first effective refractive index. Here, due to the deflection pattern region having the predetermined shape, the radiation beams are deflected in a direction starting from a certain point. By using the optical deflector, the locus of a light source can be designed in one of various forms, such as a straight line, a circle, an ellipse, or a parabola.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于偏转辐射束的光学偏转器。 光学偏转器包括:具有第一有效折射率的周边区域; 以及具有预定形状和第二有效折射率的偏转图案区域,其中所述第二有效折射率与所述第一有效折射率不同。 这里,由于具有预定形状的偏转图案区域,辐射束在从某一点开始的方向上偏转。 通过使用光学偏转器,光源的轨迹可以被设计成各种形式之一,例如直线,圆形,椭圆形或抛物线。

    Tunable external cavity laser diode using variable optical deflector
    7.
    发明授权
    Tunable external cavity laser diode using variable optical deflector 失效
    可调谐外腔激光二极管使用可变光学偏转器

    公开(公告)号:US07212560B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-01

    申请号:US11029784

    申请日:2004-12-21

    IPC分类号: H01S3/08 H01S3/10

    摘要: Provided is a tunable external cavity laser diode using a variable optical deflector wherein the variable optical deflector, in which a refractive index varies according to an electrical signal, is arranged in a triangular shape between a concave diffraction grating and a reflective mirror. Since a resonant frequency is changed using the electrical signal rather than the mechanical movement, the stable operation and continuous high-speed tenability may be enabled. In addition, when the tunable external cavity laser diode according to the present invention is implemented in an InP/InGaAsP/InP slab waveguide, a variable time determined by the carrier lifetime may be reduced to several nanoseconds or less, the miniaturization is enabled, and the manufacturing costs are significantly reduced due to the process simplification. Moreover, when the concave diffraction grating is designed based on a silica (or polymer) based slab waveguide, the fabrication may be performed even by a lithography process having low resolution, thereby enhancing reproducibility and uniformity of the diffraction grating, and accordingly reducing the manufacturing costs.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种可调谐的外腔激光二极管,其使用可变光学偏转器,其中折射率根据电信号变化的可变光学偏转器在凹面衍射光栅和反射镜之间布置成三角形。 由于使用电信号而不是机械运动来改变谐振频率,因此可以实现稳定的运行和连续的高速可靠性。 此外,当根据本发明的可调谐外腔激光二极管在InP / InGaAsP / InP平板波导中实现时,由载流子寿命确定的可变时间可以减少到几纳秒或更小,可实现小型化,并且 由于过程简化,制造成本显着降低。 此外,当基于基于二氧化硅(或聚合物)的平板波导设计凹面衍射光栅时,即使通过具有低分辨率的光刻工艺也可以进行制造,从而提高衍射光栅的再现性和均匀性,并因此降低制造 费用

    Filter-free wavelength converter
    8.
    发明授权
    Filter-free wavelength converter 有权
    无滤波器的波长转换器

    公开(公告)号:US06856452B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-15

    申请号:US10334937

    申请日:2002-12-31

    摘要: Filter-free wavelength converters for separating and rejecting an optical input signal. A first input port couples a continuous wave (CW) light. A second input port couples an optical input signal. A multimode interference semiconductor optical amplifier (MMI-SOA) determines the output port with the input port and intensity-modulation of the CW light with the optical input signal. A first output port guides the converted signal, and a second output port guides the optical input signal.

    摘要翻译: 用于分离和拒绝光输入信号的无滤波器波长转换器。 第一输入端口连接连续波(CW)光。 第二输入端口耦合光输入信号。 多模干涉半导体光放大器(MMI-SOA)通过输入端口确定输出端口,并用光输入信号确定CW光的强度调制。 第一输出端口引导转换的信号,第二输出端口引导光输入信号。

    WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH
    9.
    发明申请
    WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH 审中-公开
    波长选择开关

    公开(公告)号:US20090154923A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-18

    申请号:US12208560

    申请日:2008-09-11

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02

    摘要: Provided is a wavelength selective switch (WSS), and more particularly, a wavelength selective switch for electrically switching a wavelength without physical displacement. The wavelength selective switch includes an optical demultiplexer for dividing an input optical signal into signals having wavelengths corresponding to respective channels, selecting either the optical signal of each channel obtained by dividing the input optical signal or an optical signal input via an add port, and outputting the selected optical signal; and an optical multiplexer including an optical deflecting unit for individually deflecting the optical signals of the respective channels received from the optical demultiplexer according to supplied current or applied voltage, wherein the optical signal of each channel deflected by the optical deflecting unit is output to a specific output port. In the wavelength selective switch, current is supplied to the optical deflectors to switch the channels, resulting in higher reliability, smaller volume and higher switching speed than a conventional wavelength selective switch using mechanical displacement to switch channels.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种波长选择开关(WSS),更具体地说,提供一种用于电气切换没有物理位移的波长的波长选择开关。 波长选择开关包括:光分路器,用于将输入光信号分成具有对应于各个通道的波长的信号,选择通过分频输入光信号或通过添加端口输入的光信号获得的每个通道的光信号,并输出 所选择的光信号; 以及光复用器,其包括光偏转单元,用于根据所提供的电流或施加电压单独地偏转从光解复用器接收的各通道的光信号,其中由光偏转单元偏转的每个通道的光信号被输出到特定 输出端口 在波长选择开关中,电流被提供给光偏转器以切换通道,导致比使用机械位移切换通道的常规波长选择开关更高的可靠性,更小的体积和更高的开关速度。

    Frequency-tunable terahertz light source device
    10.
    发明授权
    Frequency-tunable terahertz light source device 失效
    频率可调太赫兹光源装置

    公开(公告)号:US07782909B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-24

    申请号:US12192527

    申请日:2008-08-15

    IPC分类号: H01S3/30

    摘要: Provided is a frequency-tunable terahertz light source device. The frequency-tunable terahertz light source device satisfies a Littrow diffraction condition at a wavelength and simultaneously satisfies a Littman-Metcalf diffraction condition at another wavelength using a double diffraction grating having two grating periods. Thus, oscillations simultaneously occur at the two different wavelengths, such that a terahertz wave can be stably generated by beating of the two oscillation wavelengths. In addition, the frequency-tunable terahertz light source device can readily change a frequency up to several terahertz and can be fabricated in a small size.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种频率可调的太赫兹光源装置。 频率可调谐的太赫兹光源装置在波长处满足Littrow衍射条件,并且使用具有两个光栅周期的双衍射光栅同时满足另一个波长的Littman-Metcalf衍射条件。 因此,振荡同时发生在两个不同的波长处,使得可以通过拍摄两个振荡波长来稳定地产生太赫兹波。 此外,频率可调谐的太赫兹光源装置可以容易地将频率改变到几个太赫兹,并且可以以小尺寸制造。