摘要:
The present invention provides a light-receiving device that may escape the device from the breakdown thereof and may suppress an optical loss. The light-receiving device of the invention includes a surface to sense the light and a thin film made of PbSe nano-particles, diameters of which are smaller than 20 nm. This thin film operates as an optical fuse, so the device may be escaped from the breakdown thereof. Moreover, the thin film is disposed directly onto the light-sensing surface of the device, the optical loss cause between the thin film and the sensing surface may be suppressed.
摘要:
An optical modulation apparatus, including: a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator having two light waveguides, two output light waveguides, and a join-and-branch portion located therebetween; a drive circuit configured to output a modulation signal to modulation electrodes provided respectively on the two light waveguides as a differential signal, the modulation signal modulating lights propagated in the two light waveguides; a phase adjustment circuit configured to control first phase control signals to be output to phase adjustment electrodes provided respectively on the two light waveguides, and adjust phases of lights propagated in the two light waveguides; a phase shift control circuit configured to switch second phase control signals to be output to phase shift electrodes provided respectively on the two light waveguides, and change phases of the lights propagated in the two light waveguides; and a signal polarity reversal circuit configured to reverse a polarity of the differential signal.
摘要:
The present invention provides an optical receiver operable for optical signals each having different transmission speed. The optical receiver includes a light-receiving device, a pre-amplifier, a main amplifier, and a control circuit. The pre-amplifier, may be a trans-impedance amplifier, includes a parallel connection of a switching device and a resistor in a trans-impedance or a load element. By switching ON/OFF the switching device, the gain and the bandwidth of the pre-amplifier may be changed. By providing a filter circuit, whose cut-off frequency may be switched, in the main amplifier, the bandwidth of the optical receiver may be varied.
摘要:
The invention provides an optical transmitter that prevents the high frequency components in the driving signal from leaking to the external power supply in a wider frequency range. The transmitter provides a shun driving configuration with a switching transistor connected in parallel to the laser diode and a load transistor connected in serial to the parallel circuit of the switching transistor and the laser diode. The load transistor operates in the common base configuration, or the common gate configuration, by which the input impedance viewed from the laser diode becomes large, while, the output impedance viewed from the external power source becomes small. Thus, the high frequency components in the driving signal applied to the switching transistor can be suppresses to appear in the external power source.
摘要:
The present invention is to provide a laser driver able to select configurations for the high speed application and for the lower speed and the lower power dissipation. The laser driver of the present invention provides a pair of transistors with the differential configuration whose outputs are complementary to each other, and a pair of load circuits connected between respective outputs of the paired transistor and the power supply line. Two outputs of the paired transistor are also connected to the anode and cathode of the laser diode and two load circuits each includes a switch to isolate the output of the transistor from the power supply line to vary the output impedance of the laser driver.
摘要:
The present invention provides an optical receiver able to monitor the level of the optical input signal in accurate even when the level is quite small. The optical receiver comprises a photodiode to generate a photocurrent Ipd, a current mirror circuit to reflect the photocurrent into a mirrored current Imon, a current-to-voltage converter to convert the mirrored current Imon to a voltage signal, switch to connect/cut the current mirror circuit with the current-to-voltage converter, and a correction unit for subtracting a signal when the switch is connected from a signal when the switch is cut.
摘要:
An optical modulation apparatus, including: a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator having two light waveguides, two output light waveguides, and a join-and-branch portion located therebetween; a drive circuit configured to output a modulation signal to modulation electrodes provided respectively on the two light waveguides as a differential signal, the modulation signal modulating lights propagated in the two light waveguides; a phase adjustment circuit configured to control first phase control signals to be output to phase adjustment electrodes provided respectively on the two light waveguides, and adjust phases of lights propagated in the two light waveguides; a phase shift control circuit configured to switch second phase control signals to be output to phase shift electrodes provided respectively on the two light waveguides, and change phases of the lights propagated in the two light waveguides; and a signal polarity reversal circuit configured to reverse a polarity of the differential signal.
摘要:
The present invention provides an optical receiver able to monitor the level of the optical input signal in accurate even when the level is quite small. The optical receiver comprises a photodiode to generate a photocurrent Ipd, a current mirror circuit to reflect the photocurrent into a mirrored current Imon, a current-to-voltage converter to convert the mirrored current Imon to a voltage signal, switch to connect/cut the current mirror circuit with the current-to-voltage converter, and a correction unit for subtracting a signal when the switch is connected from a signal when the switch is cut.
摘要:
A laser driver circuit driving a laser diode to generate an optical output corresponding to an input data, and controlling the optical output based on an output current from a photodiode that detects the optical output. The output current is converted into a voltage signal, whose amplitude is detected after filtering the voltage signal by a low-pass filter. A reference signal corresponding to the input data is generated, and its amplitude is detected. A modulator for generating a modulation current regulates the amplitude of the modulation current according to the difference between the two detected amplitudes.
摘要:
The present invention is to provide a laser module stably operable with less jitter in high frequencies. The laser module of the invention provides a semiconductor laser diode and a current-shunting device that shunts the current flowing in the LD by responding the input modulation signal. A path where the current flows puts a serial circuit comprised of an inductor and a compensation circuit to compensate a ripple in the frequency response of the module. The resonance frequency of the compensation circuit corresponds to a frequency of a dip or a peak in the frequency spectrum of the module.