摘要:
An optical waveguide circuit capable of controlling polarization crosstalk is provided. An under cladding is formed on a silicon substrate (11). A core is formed on the under cladding and has a waveguide structure in which one or more optical input waveguides (12) arranged side by side are connected at their exit ends with a first slab guide (13), which is connected at its exit end with an arrayed waveguide (14) composed of plural channel waveguides (14a) that are different in length with the difference preset, and the arrayed waveguide (14) is connected at its exit end with a second slab waveguide (15), which is connected at its exit end with a plurality of optical output waveguides (16). The top of the core is covered with an over cladding to form an optical waveguide portion (10) composed of the under and over claddings and the core. A plurality of light beams having different wavelengths are entered to the core in the multiplexed manner, and the entered light beams are outputted separately on the basis of the wavelength. The claddings and the core are formed from silica glass. The birefringence B in the optical waveguide portion (10) is set so as to satisfy |B|≧1.2×10−4 to reduce polarization crosstalk to −20 dB or less.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an optical waveguide circuit such as an arrayed waveguide grating, etc. A lower cladding is formed on a silicon substrate. A core having the following waveguide construction is formed thereon. That is, an input side slab waveguide is connected to the emission side of a plurality of incidence waveguides, a plurality of arrayed waveguides having different lengths form each other are juxtaposed at and connected to the emission side thereof, an output side slab waveguide is further connected to the emission side thereof, and a plurality of emission waveguides are connected to the emission side thereof, thereby causing the abovementioned waveguide construction. The upper cladding covers up the core. The cladding and core are made of silica-based glass, wherein the value B of birefringence occurring in said optical waveguide portion is |B|≦5.34×10−5, and &agr;s−2.0×10−7≦&agr;g ≦&agr;s+2.0×10−7 is established where it is assumed that the thermal expansion coefficient of the upper cladding is &agr;g, and the thermal expansion coefficient of a silicon substrate is &agr;s.
摘要:
An arrayed waveguide grating including at least one first optical waveguide, a first slab waveguide, a plurality of arrayed waveguides, a second slab waveguide, and a plurality of second optical waveguides. The plurality of arrayed waveguides are connected to the at least one first optical waveguide via the first slab waveguide. Each of the plurality of arrayed waveguides has a different length. The plurality of second optical waveguides are connected to the plurality of arrayed waveguides via the second slab waveguide. At least one of the first and second slab waveguides is partitioned to first and second segments at a partition surface intersecting a path of light which travels through the arrayed waveguide grating. At least one of the first and second segments is configured to be slid along the partition surface to compensate an optical transmitting center wavelength of the light according to a temperature of the arrayed waveguide grating.
摘要:
An arrayed waveguide grating optical multiplexer/demultiplexer includes an arrayed waveguide having a plurality of channel waveguides which includes a shortest channel waveguide having a shortest length. Each channel waveguide includes a curved portion provided between first and second connection portions. The shortest channel waveguide has a radius (R1) of curvature of the curved portion and an angle (&thgr;1) which is a half of a central angle of the curved portion. The radius (R1) of curvature and the angle (&thgr;1) are determined such that a product (R1×&thgr;1) is a value within a range which includes a minimum value of the product (R1×&thgr;1) and in which all of the plurality of channel waveguides are drawn.
摘要:
An optical waveguide circuit module of the invention is a highly reliable optical waveguide circuit module where cracks are not generated in an optical waveguide circuit chip housed even under a high temperature and high humidity environment. An optical waveguide circuit chip (25) comprises a waveguide forming region (10) formed on a substrate (1). The waveguide forming region (10) has a waveguide configuration sequentially connecting optical input waveguides (2), a first slab waveguide (3), an arrayed waveguide (4) made of a plurality of channel waveguides (4a) arranged side by side, the channel waveguides having a different length each other, a second slab waveguide (5), and a plurality of optical output waveguides (6) arranged side by side.
摘要:
An arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer of the invention eliminates the temperature dependency of the light transmission center wavelengths and suppresses an increase in insertion loss with a simple configuration even under the conditions of high temperature and high humidity. A waveguide forming area comprising an optical input waveguide, a first slab waveguide, an arrayed waveguide formed of a plurality of channel waveguides arranged side by side having a different length each other, and a plurality of optical output waveguides connected one by one is formed on a substrate. For example, the first slab waveguide is separated at crossed separation planes that cross the path of light passing through the first slab waveguide. On the crossed separation planes, a matching grease is applied. A thin film member for covering the area arranged with the matching grease is disposed to suppress the evaporation of the matching grease.
摘要:
A dispersion compensator includes at least one first optical waveguide, a first slab waveguide, an arrayed waveguide connected to the at least one first optical waveguide via the first slab waveguide, a second slab waveguide, at least one second optical waveguide connected to the arrayed waveguide via the second slab waveguide, and a phase distribution provider configured to provide a phase distribution to the arrayed waveguide.
摘要:
A dispersion compensator with Bragg gratings which have a dispersion compensating function and are formed on output waveguides of an arrayed waveguide grating, and a dispersion-compensating module employing the dispersion compensator.
摘要:
An arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer in which a light transmission central wavelength is independent of temperature. A substrate is formed on a waveguide forming region in which optical input waveguides, a first slab waveguide, an arrayed waveguide including a plurality of channel waveguides that are arranged side by side, a second slab waveguide, and a plurality of optical output waveguides arranged side by side are sequentially connected. Dividing lines are set to divide the first slab waveguide into two by intersecting dividing planes that intersect with a route of light traveling along the first slab waveguide. A position shifting member is fixed so as to be secured in a waveguide forming region at its one end and in a waveguide forming region on its other end. The position shifting member fixes to a base the waveguide forming region on the side of a divided slab waveguide and slides the waveguide forming region on the side of another divided slab waveguide. An arrayed waveguide grating is then divided at the dividing lines, separating the first and second waveguide forming regions from each other.
摘要:
A dispersion compensator includes at least one first optical waveguide, a first slab waveguide, an arrayed waveguide connected to the at least one first optical waveguide via the first slab waveguide, a second slab waveguide, at least one second optical waveguide connected to the arrayed waveguide via the second slab waveguide, and a phase distribution provider configured to provide a phase distribution to the arrayed waveguide.