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US07809038B2 Electro-absorption optical modulator integrated with a laser to produce high speed, uncooled, long distance, low power, 1550 nm optical communication device with optimized parameters 有权
电吸收光学调制器与激光器集成,产生高速,非冷却,长距离,低功耗,1550 nm光通信设备,具有优化参数

  • Patent Title: Electro-absorption optical modulator integrated with a laser to produce high speed, uncooled, long distance, low power, 1550 nm optical communication device with optimized parameters
  • Patent Title (中): 电吸收光学调制器与激光器集成,产生高速,非冷却,长距离,低功耗,1550 nm光通信设备,具有优化参数
  • Application No.: US11481918
    Application Date: 2006-07-07
  • Publication No.: US07809038B2
    Publication Date: 2010-10-05
  • Inventor: Shigeki Makino
  • Applicant: Shigeki Makino
  • Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
  • Assignee: Opnext Japan, Inc.
  • Current Assignee: Opnext Japan, Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
  • Agency: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.
  • Priority: JP2006-105932 20060407
  • Main IPC: H01S3/04
  • IPC: H01S3/04 H01S5/00
Electro-absorption optical modulator integrated with a laser to produce high speed, uncooled, long distance, low power, 1550 nm optical communication device with optimized parameters
Abstract:
In a conventional EA/DFB laser, since the temperature dependence of the operation wavelength of the EA portion is substantially different from that of the DFB portion, the temperature range over which a stable operation is possible is small. In the case of using the EA/DFB laser as a light emission device, an uncooled operation is not possible. An EA/DFB laser which does not require a temperature control mechanism is proposed.A quantum well structure in which a well layer made of any one of InGaAlAs, InGaAsP, and InGaAs, and a barrier layer made of either one of InGaAlAs or InAlAs is used for an optical absorption layer of an EA modulator. By properly determining detuning at a temperature of 25° C. and a composition wavelength of the barrier layer in the quantum well structure used for the optical absorption layer, it can be realized to suppress the insertion loss, maintain the extinction ratio, and reduce chirping simultaneously over a wide temperature range from −5° C. to 80° C.
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