Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical frequency shifter and optical modulator using the same
- Patent Title (中): 光移频器和使用其的光调制器
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Application No.: US13984480Application Date: 2012-02-15
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Publication No.: US08948546B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Takashi Saida , Hiroshi Yamazaki , Takashi Goh , Ken Tsuzuki , Shinji Mino
- Applicant: Takashi Saida , Hiroshi Yamazaki , Takashi Goh , Ken Tsuzuki , Shinji Mino
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: JP2011-031015 20110216
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/000976 WO 20120215
- International Announcement: WO2012/111321 WO 20120823
- Main IPC: G02F1/01
- IPC: G02F1/01 ; H04B10/50 ; G02B6/26 ; G02B6/12 ; G02F1/03 ; H04B10/548

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a temperature-independent optical frequency shifter for generating sub-carriers with a miniaturizable configuration, as well as to provide an all-optical OFDM modulator using the same that is compact, has low temperature dependence, and is even compatible with different frequency grids. Provided is an optical frequency shifter and an optical modulator using the same, the optical frequency shifter comprises one input optical port, a 1-input, 2-output optical coupler optically connected thereto, two Mach-Zehnder modulation units individually optically connected to the two outputs thereof, a 2-input, 2-output optical coupler optically connected to the individual outputs thereof, and two output optical ports optically connected to the outputs thereof, wherein the two Mach-Zehnder modulation units are driven by periodic waveforms at the same frequency whose phases differ from each other by (2p+1)π/2 (p: integer).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130315524A1 OPTICAL FREQUENCY SHIFTER AND OPTICAL MODULATOR USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-11-28
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