摘要:
Provided is an optical module. The optical module includes: an optical bench having a first trench of a first depth and a second trench of a second depth that is lower than the first depth; a lens in the first trench of the optical bench; at least one semiconductor chip in the second trench of the optical bench; and a flexible printed circuit board covering an upper surface of the optical bench except for the first and second trenches, wherein the optical bench is a metal optical bench or a silicon optical bench.
摘要:
Provided are an optical switch device having a simple light path and capable of achieving high speed switching, and a method of manufacturing the optical switch device. The optical switch device comprises one or more first optical waveguides extending in a first direction, one or more second optical waveguides connected to the first optical waveguides in a second direction crossing the first direction, and one or more switching parts configured to control light transmitted in the first direction within the first optical waveguide connected with the second waveguide, to selectively reflect the light to the second waveguide extending in the second direction.
摘要:
Provided is an optical communication device including optical switches. The optical communication device a first multi-mode core disposed on a substrate, the first multi-mode core extending in a first direction and second multi-mode cores disposed on a substrate, the second multi-mode cores parallelly extending in a second direction non-parallel to the first direction to intersect the first multi-mode core. The heaters respectively intersect intersectional regions between the first and second multi-mode cores.
摘要:
Provided is a wavelength selective switch. The wavelength selective switch includes a first wavelength division multiplexer, an M number of optical switches, an (M+N−1) number of optical combiners, and a second wavelength division multiplexer. The first wavelength division multiplexer receives optical signals of an M number of wavelength channels to divide the received optical signals according to each channel, thereby outputting the divided optical signals. The M number of optical switches changes a path of on an optical signal outputted by an M number of wavelength channels from the first wavelength division multiplexer into one of an N number of output ports. The (M+N−1) number of optical combiners is respectively connected to the N number of output ports of the optical switches. The (M+N−1) number of optical combiners couple the N number of inputted optical signals to one output port. The second wavelength division multiplexer has an (M+N−1) number of input ports and an N number of output ports. The (M+N−1) number of output signals of the optical combiners is connected to the input ports, respectively, and the inputted signals are multiplexed to output the multiplexed signals from any of the N number of output ports.
摘要:
Provided are an optical switch device having a simple light path and capable of achieving high speed switching, and a method of manufacturing the optical switch device. The optical switch device comprises one or more first optical waveguides extending in a first direction, one or more second optical waveguides connected to the first optical waveguides in a second direction crossing the first direction, and one or more switching parts configured to control light transmitted in the first direction within the first optical waveguide connected with the second waveguide, to selectively reflect the light to the second waveguide extending in the second direction.
摘要:
Provided is an optical device. The optical device includes a substrate having a waveguide region and a mounting region, a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) waveguide including a lower-clad layer and an upper-clad layer on the waveguide region of the substrate and a platform core between the lower-clad layer and the upper-clad layer, a terrace defined by etching the lower-clad layer on the mounting region of the substrate, the terrace including an interlocking part, an optical active chip mounted on the mounting region of the substrate, the optical active chip including a chip core therein, and a chip alignment mark disposed on a mounting surface of the optical active chip. The optical active chip is aligned by interlocking between the interlocking part of the terrace and the chip alignment mark of the optical active chip and mounted on the mounting region.
摘要:
Provided is an optical module. The optical module includes: an optical bench having a first trench of a first depth and a second trench of a second depth that is less than the first depth; a lens in the first trench of the optical bench; at least one semiconductor chip in the second trench of the optical bench; and a flexible printed circuit board covering an upper surface of the optical bench except for the first and second trenches, wherein the optical bench is a metal optical bench or a silicon optical bench.
摘要:
An optical communication device provided with digital optical switching includes a substrate; and at least one optical switch including a first optical switch composed of a main core disposed on the substrate and extending along a first direction, the main core including an optical input part and a transmission output part sequentially arranged along the first direction; a heater extending along a second direction to cross the main core; and a reflection output part extending along a third direction from a central point of the main core. The first direction and the second direction define a first angle there between, the second direction and the third direction define a second angle there between, and the first angle is equal to the second angle. An optical signal is outputted through the reflection output part or the transmission output part in response to heat from operation of the heater.
摘要:
Provided are an optical switch using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and an optical switch matrix including the same. The optical switch includes a first coupler, an optical delay line, and a second coupler. The first coupler branches an optical signal transmitted to a first or second input waveguide into two optical signals. The optical delay line includes first and second arm waveguides of the same length transmitting the branched optical signal and a heater heating the first arm waveguide. The first and second arm waveguides have one of a full wavelength optical path difference and a half wavelength optical path difference according to whether the heater is turned on. The second coupler branches optical signals outputted from the optical delay line into two optical signals, respectively, and transmits the branched optical signals to the first or second output waveguide.
摘要:
Provided is an optical device. The optical device includes an optical waveguide comprising a core surrounded by a cladding, a light source providing light to the optical waveguide, and an optics system disposed between the optical waveguide and the light source, the optics system focusing the light emitted from the light source into the core of the optical waveguide and a portion of the cladding adjacent to the core.