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以下に、図面に基づき、本発明の実施形態を具体的かつ詳細に説明する。なお、実施形態を説明するための全図において、同一の機能を有する部材には同一の符号を付し、その繰り返しの説明は省略する。なお、以下に示す図は、あくまで、実施形態の実施例を説明するものであって、図の大きさと本実施例記載の縮尺は必ずしも一致するものではない。
図9は、本発明の第2の実施形態に係る光送信モジュール200の構成図である。本実施形態に係る光送信モジュール200は、第1の実施形態に係る光送信モジュール100と同様に、3つの制御信号により4段階の光強度の光を出力する。本実施形態に係る光送信モジュール200は、1:5分波器21と、5:1合波器22と、5つの光変調器を含む点で、第1の実施形態に係る光送信モジュール100と相違する。
図10は、本発明の第3の実施形態に係る光送信モジュール300の構成図である。本実施形態に係る光送信モジュール300は、第1の実施形態に係る光送信モジュール100と異なり、7つの制御信号により8段階の光強度の光を出力する。本実施形態に係る光送信モジュール300は、1:10分波器41と、10:1合波器42と、10個の光変調器を含む点で、第1の実施形態に係る光送信モジュール100と相違する。
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- レーザ光を出射する半導体レーザと、
前記レーザ光を分波して複数の分波光を出力する分波器と、
入力される制御信号の2段階の入力レベルに応じて、前記複数の分波光の光強度を、第1の光強度又は前記第1の光強度よりも大きい第2の光強度にそれぞれ変調する複数の光変調器と、
前記複数の光変調器の出力光を合波する合波器と、
前記複数の光変調器と前記合波器を接続する複数の光導波路と、
を有し、
前記複数の光変調器のそれぞれは、前記制御信号と前記出力光の関係において、非線形性を示し、
前記複数の光導波路は、位相差が生じるように長さが異なっており、
前記位相差によって、前記複数の光変調器に入力される前記制御信号の組み合わせと、前記合波器からの光出力レベルは、近似直線を示す関係になり、
前記分波器は、多モード干渉素子であり、前記レーザ光を分波してN本(Nは3以上の整数)の分波光を出力する第1多モード干渉素子と、前記N本の分波光のうちM本(Mは2以上の整数かつM<N)を1本に合波する第2多モード干渉素子と、から構成される光送信モジュール。 - 請求項1に記載の光送信モジュールであって、
前記複数の光導波路は、
入力端から出力端で第1の位相差を生じる第1光導波路と、
入力端から出力端で、前記第1の位相差と異なる第2の位相差を生じる第2光導波路と、を含む、
光送信モジュール。 - 請求項1に記載の光送信モジュールであって、
前記合波器は、多モード干渉素子である、
光送信モジュール。 - 請求項1に記載の光送信モジュールであって、
前記合波器は、N−M+1本の出力光を1本に合波する第3多モード干渉素子により構成される、
光送信モジュール。
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