Optical transmitter, optical transceiver, and method of controlling bias voltage of electro-optic modulator

    公开(公告)号:US11852948B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17742812

    申请日:2022-05-12

    Inventor: Tetsuji Yamabana

    CPC classification number: G02F1/212 G02B6/2935 G02F1/025 G02F1/225

    Abstract: In an optical transmitter having an electro-optic modulator with first child MZI and a second child MZI nested to form a parent MZI, and a processor that controls the bias voltages of electro-optic modulator. In the first section of a control loop, the processor simultaneously superimposes different dither signals onto the first bias voltage of the first child MZI and the second bias voltage of the second child MZI, and extracts the first phase error information for the first child MZI and the first-round third phase error for the parent MZI from a first monitoring result. In the second section of the control loop, the processor simultaneously superimposes different dither signals onto the first and second bias voltages, and extracts the second phase error information for the second child MZI and the second-round third phase error for the parent MZI from a second monitoring result.

    OPTICAL DEVICE, SUBSTRATE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230305228A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18153680

    申请日:2023-01-12

    CPC classification number: G02B6/122 G02B6/2938

    Abstract: An optical device includes an input waveguide and an output waveguide. The optical device includes an interference region that includes an input unit optically coupled with the input waveguide, that includes an output unit optically coupled with the output waveguide, and that has a larger waveguide width than a waveguide width of the input waveguide and a waveguide width of the output waveguide. Further, the optical device includes an unnecessary light waveguide that is included in the output unit in the interference region and that is arranged parallel to the output waveguide. The unnecessary light waveguide is a single-mode waveguide that includes a rib portion and a slab portion with a smaller thickness than a thickness of the rib portion, and that guides only a fundamental mode of light.

    Control device of modulating signal and method

    公开(公告)号:US11689293B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US17685043

    申请日:2022-03-02

    Abstract: A control device of modulating signal generates high-side signal and low-side signal. The high-side signal takes level in accordance with level of AC component of a monitor signal obtained by photoelectric conversion of modulated light, when the polarity of the AC component is positive, or its magnitude is zero. The high-side signal further takes constant level when the polarity of the AC component is negative. The low-side signal takes constant level when the polarity of the AC component is positive. The low-side signal further takes level in accordance with level of the AC component when the polarity of the AC component is negative, or its magnitude is zero. Then, the control device adjusts level of the modulating signal based on a greatest value of absolute values of levels taken by the high-side signal and a greatest value of absolute values of levels taken by the low-side signal.

    PHOTODETECTOR AND PHOTONIC INTEGRATED DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230085007A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17887763

    申请日:2022-08-15

    Inventor: Takasi SIMOYAMA

    Abstract: A photodetector has a substrate, a light input layer formed as a first semiconductor over the substrate, the first semiconductor being transparent to a wavelength being used, and a light absorption layer formed as a second semiconductor on the light input layer, the second semiconductor having a bandgap smaller than that of the first semiconductor. The light absorption layer has a first region doped with a first conductivity-type impurity, a second region doped with a second conductive-type impurity different from the first conductive-type impurity, and an undoped region between the first region and the second region. The first region, the undoped region and the second region are arranged in a direction parallel to the substrate. The light absorption layer has a region having an effective refractive index higher than the rest of the light absorption layer between the first region and the second region.

    OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230046400A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17836074

    申请日:2022-06-09

    Inventor: Masaki Sugiyama

    Abstract: An optical device includes a rib waveguide that is a thin-film lithium niobate (LN) crystal, a buffer layer that is laminated on the rib waveguide, and an electrode that applies voltage to the rib waveguide. The buffer layer includes a thick-film part that is laminated on a rib of the rib waveguide, and thin-film parts that are laminated on slabs of the rib waveguide, where the slabs are located on both sides of the rib, and that have smaller thicknesses than a thickness of the thick-film part.

    OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220397781A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17715336

    申请日:2022-04-07

    Inventor: Masaki SUGIYAMA

    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical waveguide, a buffer layer that is layered on the optical waveguide, and an opening that is formed at least in the buffer layer above a part near a side surface of the optical waveguide. The optical device further includes an electrode that is layered in the opening and that is configured to apply a signal to the optical waveguide and a silicon layer that is layered on the buffer layer excluding the opening.

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