Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical modulator and operating point control method
- Patent Title (中): 光调制器和工作点控制方法
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Application No.: US14665180Application Date: 2015-03-23
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Publication No.: US09548818B2Publication Date: 2017-01-17
- Inventor: Junichi Fujikata , Shigeki Takahashi
- Applicant: NEC Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2014-067112 20140327
- Main IPC: H04B10/548
- IPC: H04B10/548 ; H04B10/556 ; H04B10/079 ; G02F1/01 ; G02F1/225

Abstract:
An optical modulator includes an optical phase modulator which applies an operating voltage to at least one arm so as to modulate an optical phase of an optical signal transmitted via at least one arm and an optical phase adjuster which applies a voltage below the operating voltage to at least one arm so as to adjust an operating point. In the optical phase adjuster, an optical phase coarse adjuster applies a voltage below the operating voltage to at least one arm so as to change an optical phase of an optical signal by 180° or more, while an optical phase fine adjuster applies a voltage below the operating voltage to at least one arm so as to changer an optical phase of an optical signal by 90° or less. Thus, it is possible to automatically calibrate an operating point of an optical modulator with low power consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150280832A1 OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPERATING POINT CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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