Abstract:
Provided is a transmission unit for an optical transmitter/receiver or an optical transmitter provided with an optical integrated circuit, characterized in the arrangement of a single-channel or multichannel semiconductor laser and the placement of a plurality of optical waveguides.This present invention is provided with: a semiconductor laser for emitting laser light in a plurality of channels; optical waveguides optically coupled in a corresponding manner to the semiconductor lasers, the optical waveguides propagating laser light as input light for each channel; optical modulators for modulating the input light and generating an optical signal; and an optical signal output unit coupled to the optical modulators, the optical signal output unit outputting the optical signal propagated from the optical modulators to the exterior. The present invention is characterized in that the semiconductor laser is arranged on the opposite side from an optical branching unit and the optical modulators, with the optical signal output unit interposed therebetween, in the plane of an opto-electric hybrid board.
Abstract:
An optical functional device includes: a photodetector; a first optical waveguide which is connected to one end face of the photodetector; and a second optical waveguide which is connected to the other end face of the photodetector. The photodetector is formed in a multi-mode interferometer and has electrodes. Light input from the first optical waveguide to the photodetector focuses image at a position physically away from the second optical waveguide, and light input from the second optical waveguide to the photodetector focuses image at a position physically away from the first optical waveguide.
Abstract:
In a photoelectric hybrid device, an optical connector is mounted on a flat optical surface provided on one end of vertical optical waveguides for inputting and outputting an optical signal, and along with making integration of the photoelectric hybrid device into an interposer or the like easy, integration is standardized. The photoelectric hybrid device is provided with: conductive pins (108) that are connected to an electric signal pathway for a photoelectric hybrid substrate; a translucent member (116) that has a flat optical surface and also has a translucent part (118); and a plurality of self organizing optical waveguides (122) that form an optical path between the translucent part (118) and an optical waveguide of the photoelectric hybrid substrate. The constitution is such that the position of the flat optical surface is not lower than the tops of the electrical connection parts (110) on the conductive pins (108); thereby, when an optical connector on which an optical waveguide that transmits an optical signal among the optical waveguides (122) is mounted on the flat optical surface, collision of the optical connector and the tops of the electrical connection parts can be avoided.
Abstract:
In a method of manufacturing an optical device including an optical waveguide having a core, a cladding and a light input/output part through which a light beam is input or output, a substrate is prepared which is provided with a uniform thickness of single-crystalline film having its constituent atoms forming a diamond lattice structure and its surface being neither the (111) plane nor its equivalent planes. In the single-crystalline film, a precursor structure is formed which has a precursor of light input/output part. A mask is formed such as to expose the precursor with the remaining part covered. The structure is immersed into an alkaline solution for wet etching with the (111) planes used as etch-stop planes.
Abstract:
An optical semiconductor device including an optical waveguide; a light absorbing region coupled to the optical waveguide; a first conductive region and a second conductive region disposed at both sides of the light absorbing region so as to sandwich the light absorbing region; and a conductor coupled to the first conductive region and the second conductive region to let the first conductive region and the second conductive region short-circuit. With this configuration, the optical semiconductor device provides effects that absorption saturation is less likely to occur even if the light intensity increases, so that reflection return light can be reliably suppressed without using an external power source.
Abstract:
To provide an optical element that can be more easily aligned with an optical fiber, an optical element includes one grating coupler optically coupled to an optical fiber, a waveguide connected to the grating coupler, a multimode interferometer connected to the waveguide on the opposite side to the grating coupler, and a waveguide inserted between two input/output ports on the branched side of the multimode interferometer.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to allow a silicon photonics modulator to be operated at high speed with high frequency by providing an electrode structure for the small multichannel high-density silicon photonics modulator. This electrode structure for a silicon photonics modulator includes, on the planar surface of a silicon substrate, a first layer for forming a plurality of bias electrical wirings, and a second layer formed by aligning each of a plurality of ground electrode portions and each electrical wiring in the first layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes an active layer including quantum dots, a diffraction grating, a low-reflectance film disposed at a light-emitting end of the active layer, and a high-reflectance film disposed at another end of the active layer and having an optical reflectance higher than an optical reflectance of the low-reflectance film.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an optical fiber mounted photonic integrated circuit device, wherein the tolerance for positioning in terms of the coupling between the single mode optical fibers and the optical waveguides provided on the photonic integrated circuit device is increased. An optical waveguide core group is provided in such a manner where a plurality of optical waveguide cores having a portion that is tapered in the direction of the width within a plane are aligned parallel to each other at intervals that allow for mutual directional coupling and that are narrower than the width of the core of the single mode optical fiber, and the inclined connection end surface of the single mode optical fiber and the upper surface of an end portion of the optical waveguide cores face each other for coupling.
Abstract:
An optical end coupling type silicon optical integrated circuit is provided using an SOI substrate. This optical integrated circuit is constituted so as to connect with an external optical circuit at an end coupling part and have signal light incident to an optical circuit that includes a curved part. In the plane of the optical integrated circuit, the position of one end coupling part selected from among any thereof and the position of any multimode optical waveguide element to which a respective optical waveguide is connected via a respective curved part satisfy a positional relationship defined on the basis of a beam divergence angle [theta] of stray light.