JP6379846B2 - 光伝送媒体及び光増幅器 - Google Patents
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Description
次に、上述した反射層14を有するマルチコア光ファイバ1の製造方法の一例について説明する。
図10に、上述したマルチコア光ファイバ1を光伝送媒体兼光増幅媒体に用いた分布ラマン光増幅器の構成例を示す。
次に、図20及び図21を参照して、マルチモード励起光源2の構造例について説明する。図20に例示するように、マルチモード励起光源2は、例示的に、複数の活性層からそれぞれ光を発光可能な半導体レーザダイオード(LD)チップとして構成されてよい。
なお、上述したマルチコア光ファイバ1に適用した反射層14は、コアに希土類(例えば、エルビウム)が添加された希土類添加光ファイバ1aに適用してもよい。図22に、その一例を示す。図22は、希土類添加光ファイバ1aの模式的側断面図である。
以上説明したように、上述した実施形態によれば、以下に例示するいずれかの作用効果を奏することができる。
1a 希土類添加光ファイバ
2,2−1〜2−5 マルチモード励起光源
3,3−1,3−2 コア結合器
4−1〜4−N 光送信器
10 分布ラマン増幅器
11,11a コア
12,12a,13 クラッド
14 反射層
15 樹脂層
21 励起光導入構造
22 集光レンズ
31 メッキ液槽
32 ヒータ部
33 ガイド
34 かくはん機
131−1〜131−M マルチモード励起光導波部
132 V字状の溝(V−groove)
211 活性層(ストライプ活性層)
212 クラッド
213 ストライプ電極
214 グランド(GND)電極
215 電源
216 ドライバ回路
217 マイクロレンズアレイ
218 集光レンズ
219 受光器
220 電気回路
301 光ファイバ(コア結合ファイバ)
302 合波カプラ(CPL)
303 シングルモード励起光源
311,312 アイソレータ
313,315 分岐カプラ
314,316 受光器
317 制御回路
318 光フィルタ
401 ミラー
402 集光レンズ
Claims (7)
- 複数のコアと、
前記複数のコアのそれぞれを覆う第1のクラッドと、
複数の前記第1のクラッドを覆う第2のクラッドと、
前記第2のクラッドを覆う、マルチモード光の波長帯域に対して反射特性を有し、ニッケルと鉄との合金であるインバー合金またはニッケルと鉄とコバルトとの合金であるコバール合金の金属膜である反射層と、を備えた光伝送媒体。 - 前記コアに、信号光が導入され、
前記光伝送媒体の前記反射層よりも内側の領域に、前記マルチモード光であるマルチモード励起光が導入される、請求項1に記載の光伝送媒体。 - 前記マルチモード励起光は、分布ラマン増幅用の励起光であり、
前記反射層は、前記信号光が伝播する方向に沿う方向に、少なくとも前記分布ラマン増幅の実効長に相当する長さに亘って形成されている、請求項2に記載の光伝送媒体。 - 前記インバー合金の金属膜は、無電解メッキを用いて形成された、請求項1〜3のいずれか1項に記載の光伝送媒体。
- 請求項1に記載の光伝送媒体と、
前記マルチモード光であるマルチモード励起光を出力するマルチモード励起光源と、
前記光伝送媒体の前記反射層よりも内側の領域に、前記マルチモード励起光源から出力されたマルチモード励起光を導入する励起光導入構造と、
を備えた、光増幅器。 - 前記励起光導入構造は、
前記光伝送媒体の前記反射層よりも内側の領域に前記マルチモード励起光を導入する複数の励起光導入部を備え、
前記複数の励起光導入部の一部又は全部に、前記マルチモード励起光源が接続される、請求項5に記載の光増幅器。 - 前記マルチモード励起光は、分布ラマン増幅用の励起光であり、
前記反射層は、前記コアに導入される信号光が伝播する方向に沿う方向に、少なくとも前記分布ラマン増幅の実効長に相当する長さに亘って形成されている、請求項5又は6に記載の光増幅器。
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