JP2019194637A - 半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器およびそれを用いたiq光変調器 - Google Patents
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コア・クラッド層のクラッド層の組成は、例えばコア層よりも屈折率が低いInPとし、n型コンタクト層およびp型コンタクト層にはInPに格子整合し、エネルギーバンドギャップの小さいInGaAsを用いた。
101 MZ型光導波路
102 分波側のMMIカプラ
103 合波側のMMIカプラ
104 位相変調器
110 土手
111 基板上
112 nドーピングされたInPクラッド層
113 ノンドープのコア層
114 pドーピングされたInPクラッド層
120 高周波線路
121 進行波型電極
122 引出給電線路
123 RF信号電極線路
200 IQ光変調器
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- 2つのアーム導波路を有するマッハ・ツェンダ(MZ)型の光導波路と、
入力光を前記2つのアーム導波路に分波する半導体で構成された1×2型のマルチモード干渉カプラと、
前記2つのアーム導波路からの光を合波する半導体で構成された2×1型のマルチモード干渉カプラと、
前記2つのアーム導波路を伝搬する光に位相差を付与するための位相変調手段とを備えた半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器であって、
前記1×2型のマルチモード干渉カプラおよび前記2×1型のマルチモード干渉カプラは、ハイメサ構造に形成され、2つの前記マルチモード干渉カプラのうち前記2×1型のマルチモード干渉カプラにのみ高次モード光を放射させるための高次モード光放射手段が接続されていることを特徴とする半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器。 - 前記位相変調手段は進行波型高周波配線であり、前記MZ型の光導波路に対して光変調信号を印加駆動することにより光に位相差を付与することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器。
- 前記進行波型高周波配線において、前記光変調信号の給電方向が光変調領域の光導波路と同一方向であることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器。
- 請求項1から3のいずれか1項に記載の半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器が少なくとも2つ並列して接続されたことを特徴とするIQ光変調器。
- 請求項2に記載の半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器が少なくとも2つ並列して接続されたIQ光変調器であって、
2つの出力が、並列した2つの前記半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器の2つの1×2型のマルチモード干渉カプラの入力に接続された前段の1×2型のマルチモード干渉カプラをさらに備え、
前記半導体マッハ・ツェンダ型光変調器の光導波路のストライプ方向に対して、前記進行波型高周波配線のストライプ方向と、前記2つの1×2型のマルチモード干渉カプラのストライプ方向と、前記並列して接続された2つの2×1型のマルチモード干渉カプラのストライプ方向とが同一であり、かつ前記前段の1×2型のマルチモード干渉カプラのストライプ方向は直交関係であることを特徴とするIQ光変調器。
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