Abstract:
An optical modulator according to the invention comprises an optical modulation element (1) including a substrate having electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a modulation electrode for modulating light passing through the optical waveguide; and a terminal substrate (30) disposed outside the substrate to supply a modulation signal for driving the optical modulation element (1) from the optical modulation element (1) to a terminator (9), wherein the terminal substrate (30) is provided with the terminator (9), and a modulation signal monitoring output line (35) for monitoring the voltage amplitude of the modulation signal inputted to the terminator (9).
Abstract:
An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate having an electro-optical effect; an optical waveguide section formed on the substrate; and a plurality of modulating electrodes for modulating optical waves propagating in the optical waveguide section. The optical waveguide section branches into two parts in the propagating direction of the optical waves, thus forming the two main optical waveguides, and each of the main optical waveguides branches into two parts in the propagating direction of the optical waves, thus forming the two sub optical waveguides. The two main optical waveguides constitute a main Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide, and the two sub optical waveguides are incorporated into the main Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide to constitute a sub Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide. A heat conduction suppressing zone is defined on a portion of the substrate disposed between two opposite sub Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides.
Abstract:
An optical modulation element in which re-incidence of stray light propagating on an adhesive layer to a thin plate is controlled and bonding strength between the thin plate and a reinforcing plate is enhanced. The optical modulation element includes a thin plate (1) formed of a material exhibiting electrooptic effect and having a thickness of 20 μm or less, an optical waveguide (2) formed on the front side or the back side of the thin plate, and a modulation electrode (3) formed on the surface of the thin plate and modulating light passing through the optical waveguide. A surface having a reinforcing plate (5) bonded to the thin plate through an adhesive layer (4) and facing the thin plate of the reinforcing plate is formed as a rough surface (10). Preferably, roughness of the rough surface is one tenth or above of the wavelength of stray light propagating through the adhesive layer.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light control element which suppresses entry of non-guided light into an optical waveguide and has excellent optical characteristics such as a light modulation characteristic. SOLUTION: The light control element includes a substrate formed of a material having electro-optic effects and the optical waveguide formed on the front plane or the rear plane of the substrate, wherein propagation constants β 0 -β 3 of the optical waveguide are partly set at different values. Preferably, the light control element is characterized in that the propagation constants of the optical waveguide are different from those relating to the non-guided light which propagates outside the optical waveguide. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical modulator capable of effectively separating the radiation light and propagation light in the optical modulator or removing the radiation light, and suppressing the loss of the optical modulator and the deterioration of an extinction ratio. SOLUTION: The optical modulator including a thin sheet of ≤20 μm in thickness formed of a material having an electrooptic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the front surface or the rear surface of the thin sheet and a modulating electrode formed on the front surface of the thin sheet to modulate the light passing the inside of the optical waveguide is characterized in that the optical waveguide has a multiplexing section to multiplex a plurality of the optical waveguide portions and has a shielding means for shielding a part of the radiation light. More preferably, the shielding means is a recessed part or a through-hole formed in the thin sheet and the distance closest to the waveguide is 5 to 10 μm and the length in the direction perpendicular to the waveguide is ≥0.5 times the fiber diameter. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT