摘要:
A reflective semiconductor optical amplifier includes a substrate, a waveguide with a buried heterostructure formed by sequentially laminating a lower cladding, an active layer, and an upper cladding on the substrate, the waveguide including, sequentially, respective straight line, curved and tapered waveguide regions. A current blocking layer surrounds the waveguide to prevent electric current from flowing outside the active layer. Selectively etching portions of the current blocking layer and the substrate around the waveguide forms a trench to reduce parasitic capacitance. Further features include a window region on one end of the tapered waveguide region, an anti-reflection surface on one end of the window region, and a high-reflection surface on one end of the straight line waveguide region.
摘要:
Disclosed are optical signal transmission apparatus including a reflective gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier and optical communication system using the optical signal transmission apparatus, which can improve modulation speed and optical power by effectively suppressing intensity noise of an incoherent light source. The optical signal transmission apparatus comprises a light source; a reflective gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier to generate gain-clamped optical signals having a substantially constant output intensity in a gain saturation region; a wavelength division multiplexing apparatus configured to spectrum-slice light from the light source, provide the spectrum-sliced light to the reflective gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier, and multiplex optical signals gain-clamped by the reflective gain-clamped optical amplifier, and a circulator for inputting the light generated by the light source to the wavelength division multiplexing apparatus, and outputting the optical signal multiplexed by the wavelength division multiplexing apparatus to a transmission link.
摘要:
A reflective semiconductor optical amplifier includes a substrate, a waveguide with a buried heterostructure formed by sequentially laminating a lower cladding, an active layer, and an upper cladding on the substrate, the waveguide including, sequentially, respective straight line, curved and tapered waveguide regions. A current blocking layer surrounds the waveguide to prevent electric current from flowing outside the active layer. Selectively etching portions of the current blocking layer and the substrate around the waveguide forms a trench to reduce parasitic capacitance. Further features include a window region on one end of the tapered waveguide region, an anti-reflection surface on one end of the window region, and a high-reflection surface on one end of the straight line waveguide region.
摘要:
Disclosed are optical signal transmission apparatus including a reflective gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier and optical communication system using the optical signal transmission apparatus, which can improve modulation speed and optical power by effectively suppressing intensity noise of an incoherent light source. The optical signal transmission apparatus comprises a light source; a reflective gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier to generate gain-clamped optical signals having a substantially constant output intensity in a gain saturation region; a wavelength division multiplexing apparatus configured to spectrum-slice light from the light source, provide the spectrum-sliced light to the reflective gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier, and multiplex optical signals gain-clamped by the reflective gain-clamped optical amplifier. and a circulator for inputting the light generated by the light source to the wavelength division multiplexing apparatus, and outputting the optical signal multiplexed by the wavelength division multiplexing apparatus to a transmission link.
摘要:
A gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier is disclosed. The amplifier includes a gain waveguide for amplifying an optical signal input to the gain waveguide, and a grating layer, in contact with the gain waveguide, having a first grating disposed at a first end portion.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical connection structure of half-duplex transmission type and an optical device suitable for the same. The optical connection structure of half-duplex type comprises two or more signal transmitting/receiving units, which are interconnected through an optical waveguide, wherein each of the signal transmitting/receiving units comprises an optical device having a light source for producing and emitting optical signals to the outside through an opening, and a photodetector for receiving the optical signals incident thereto and converting the optical signals into electric signals, the light source and the photodetector being integrated with each other; and a control unit, which in the signal transmitting mode, drives the light source, so that the corresponding signal transmitting/receiving unit functions as a light source, and in the signal receiving mode, drives the photodetector, so that the corresponding signal transmitting/receiving unit functions as a photodetector.
摘要:
A gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier is disclosed. The amplifier includes a gain waveguide for amplifying an optical signal input to the gain waveguide, and a grating layer, in contact with the gain waveguide, having a first grating disposed at a first end portion.
摘要:
An optical module comprises a waveguide, at least one optical transducer positioned on the waveguide for transducing an optical signal into an electric signal or an electric signal into an optical signal and a connection socket seated on the waveguide, the optical transducer being mounted in the connection socket.
摘要:
A broadband light source is disclosed. The broadband light source includes a semiconductor optical amplifier for generating and amplifying light of a broadband wavelength, the amplifier having a first end and a second end and a mirror spaced from the second end of the semiconductor optical amplifier to reflect the light, which is provided by the semiconductor optical amplifier, back to the semiconductor optical amplifier, wherein the semiconductor optical amplifier amplifies the light reflected from the mirror and outputs the amplified light to the first end of the semiconductor optical amplifier. The light source further including at least one lens system to converge light passing through the amplifier ends.
摘要:
A broadband light source includes: at least two semiconductor optical active devices for generating TE polarized lights of different wavelength bands; an optical coupler for dividing each of the TE polarized lights input from each of the semiconductor optical active devices into two TE polarized lights, and outputting the two TE polarized lights, the two TE polarized lights including a first TE polarized light and a second TE polarized light; a first optical line for transmitting the first TE polarized light, while maintaining a polarization mode of the first TE polarized light; a second optical line for converting the second TE polarized light into a TM polarized light; a polarization beam combiner for combining the first TE polarized light and the TM polarized light to generate a polarization-independent light; and a band separator for separating and outputting the polarization-independent light according to wavelength bands.