WO1992015040A1 - Isolateur optique - Google Patents
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- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
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- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
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- the present invention is directed to an optical isolator for blocking reflected light from an optical system in an optical fiber through a semiconductor laser or the input / output of an optical disk, and has an effect particularly on the polarization direction of incident light.
- the present invention relates to a polarization-independent isolator that is not affected by temperature and changes in light wavelength.
- optical fiber end faces which are the main light sources for optical fiber communication and optical disk input / output
- optical fiber connection points optical lenses such as composite lenses, optical connectors, etc.
- optical lenses such as composite lenses, optical connectors, etc.
- the Faraday rotator such as YIG (stream iron garnet) single-connection ft or Bi-substituted garnet is used by using a low-angle prism as a polarizer and an analyzer.
- Optical isolators composed of perforated permanent magnets such as SmCo for magnetizing in the direction are widely known in general, but optical isolators with a configuration such as However, it is not effective, and when light that does not match the polarization direction of the optical isolator enters, there is a disadvantage that transmitted light is greatly lost. On the other hand, for example, when an optical isolator is inserted into the optical fiber M and used, the light beam propagating in the optical fiber generally does not maintain the direct connection light, so that the polarization depends on the polarization. An optical isolator having no properties is desirable.
- Matsumoto discloses that a lens, a first flat birefringent lens fl, one magneto-optical material (Farade single rotator), optical rotatory iiffi (or An optical isolator having a permanent magnet for magnetizing the magneto-optical material is obtained by arranging the second plate-shaped 3 ⁇ 4 refraction crystal in a single line from the incident side and magnetizing the magneto-optical material.
- 0352002 published by Chang discloses five flat birefringent lenses (anisotropic crystal members) 152, 156, 160, 164, Four Faraday rotators (irreversible rotators) 154, one for each of two 168 ⁇ tangents 158, ⁇ ⁇ , 166 are inserted.
- An optical isolator i 50 configured with E hidden is shown.
- the optical axis direction (walk-off direction) of the second, third, fourth, and fifth flat-plate-shaped refraction crystals 156, 160, and 164.168 is the crystal optical axis of the first flat birefringent ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 152.
- the four Faraday rotators 154, 158, 162, 166 all rotate the plane of polarization 45 ° in the same direction, oriented at 135 ', 180 180, 315 ⁇ , and 90', respectively, relative to the direction.
- the thicknesses of the first to fifth plate-shaped refraction antagonists S152, 156, 160.164, 168 are respectively set at a ratio of 1: 1.41: 1: 1.41: 2.
- the invention tries to solve it.
- the adjustment range of the collimating lens and the single-mode optical fiber axial condyle when connecting to the optical system is wide, making assembly difficult. There was an aus to be solved such as a longer assembly time.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a high-precision polarization-independent optical isolator that does not change (rotate) at the output side at the same time without depending on the starting surface of the incident light.
- Another object of the present invention is to burn the above-mentioned point, not to depend on the polarization plane of the incident light, and to be insensitive to the change of the a degree and the wavelength of the light.
- the objective is to introduce a high-performance polarization-independent optical integrator that coincides with the same straight line.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an optical isolator with an When the light is emitted in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the light beam, the light beam emitted from the optical isolator can be brought closer to the extension of the incident light beam. »To provide an optical isolator capable of narrowing the range-To arbitrate the above object, the present invention provides a first parallel-plate birefringent material in which a fi glaze is inclined with respect to the surface.
- the first Faraday rotator for rotating the light plane the thickness of which is twice as thick as the first parallel plate birefringent material, and the axis perpendicular to the parallel plate surface 2nd parallel plate-shaped raft refractive material with optical axis, 2nd Puladade rotating the VS light plane in the opposite direction to the first IB 1st Faraday rotator
- the first Faraday rotator has a second Faraday rotator for rotating the polarization plane, which is magnetized in the opposite direction to the first Faraday rotator, the light incident surface of the incident light is the first Faraday rotator. Even if rotated 45 'by the action of the second stage, it is returned to the polarization plane state at the time of incidence by the rotation of one-fourth of the second stage Floprade. Therefore, in the present invention, the plane of polarization of the incident light does not substantially rotate on the exit side, and the plane of polarization is preserved.
- the present invention provides a first parallel plate birefringent substance whose optical axis is inclined with respect to the surface, a first Faraday rotator for rotating the power plane, (1)
- the optical axis of the zongi product which is> 2 times thicker than the first parallel-plate tangential refractive material, and is rotated by 135 rotors about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the parallel plate
- a second parallel-plate-shaped refractive material having the following characteristics: a second Faraday rotator capable of rotating the light surface in a direction slightly opposite to the first IB first Faraday rotator;
- a third parallel flat plate having a thickness twice as large as the flat birefringent material and having an optical axis rotated by 270 ° around an axis perpendicular to the plane of the parallel flat plate.
- Refractive material A third Faraday rotator for rotating the plane of polarization in a direction opposite to that of the second Fpprade rotator, having the same thickness as the second parallel plate refractory material, and Conclusion ft Fourth parallel-plate birefringent material with light glaze, 3rd Faraday rotator, 4th Faraday rotator that rotates the light surface in the same direction as the radiator, A fifth parallel plate-like birefringent material having the same thickness as the above-mentioned parallel plate-like birefringent material and having a ⁇ a optical axis in one direction, and Faraday from the first K to ⁇ 4
- the feature is that it is fitted with a permanent magnet for magnetizing the rotor.
- the rotation of the light source S by the pair of Faraday rotators magnetized in the forward direction and the other pair of Faraday magnetized in the reverse direction The rotation of the plane of polarization by the rotator and the parallel plate-like birefringent material have a ratio of 1: ⁇ 2: 2 2: 1 and the crystal optical axis of the birefringent material
- the directions of ′, 1 35 ′, 2700, 1350, and 0 ⁇ indicate that the incident light and the outgoing light in the ⁇ direction coincide on the same straight bran.
- the present invention has a parallel plate parallel birefringent material of ⁇ or more which is KS so that the directions are opposite to each other in the same crystal optical axis direction.
- KS parallel plate parallel birefringent material
- the optical kneading trajectory after exiting the optical isolator is displaced by Ad in the direction of the incident optical kneading axis.
- the thickness of any two parallel flat plate-like refractive materials among the parallel flat plate-like refractive materials hidden by E so that their directions are opposite to each other in the optical axis direction is ⁇ -It is a feature that the investment was changed with only the change.
- an optical isolator including a plurality of parallel plate-like refractive materials, a Faraday rotator, and a magnet is provided.
- the thickness of the parallel plate birefringent material is changed by only one, the thickness of the parallel plate birefringent material is changed by the value of ⁇ ⁇ a.
- a special feature is that they are additionally arranged so that the directions are opposite to each other.
- the thickness of the two parallel plate-like birefringent materials S arranged so that their directions are opposite to each other on the axis is set by changing the thickness by mu m, or the parallel plate-like birefringent material is
- the thickness of one piece is set to be changed by one ⁇ a
- a thick parallel flat exothermic substance is additionally placed so that the directions are opposite to each other in the same light axis direction. Therefore, the ray trajectory after exiting the optical isolator can be changed by ⁇ ( ⁇ in the direction of the incident light axis. Therefore, the above equation is applied to an appropriate plant according to the inclination angle of the optical isolator. By doing so, the ray trajectory after exiting the optical isolator can be made as close as possible in the direction of the incident ray axis, and can be almost matched.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an optical isolator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the direction of the optical axis of the crystal in the crystal of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the propagation state of the incident light ⁇ in the ⁇ direction.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the propagation state of the incident light beam in the ⁇ direction.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a propagation bark of incident light ⁇ in the opposite direction.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the state of the light kneading trajectory corresponding to FIGS. 3 to 5.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the configuration of an example of the first embodiment of the present invention. ⁇
- FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an optical isolator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 9 shows the optical kneading of the optical isolator shown in Fig. 8 as viewed from the direction of the crystal optical axis of the birefringent sugar, the direction of rotation of the polarization plane of the Faraday rotator, and the state of propagation of incident light.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing the positions g on the trajectories of the incident light and the emitted light in the ⁇ direction before and after the optical isolation in FIG.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an example of the second embodiment of the present invention. There is a figure.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an optical isolator according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 13 shows the propagation state of incident light in the optical isolator shown in Fig. 12 in the direction of the optical axis of the optical isolator, in the direction of rotation of the flawed light plane (A), and in the direction opposite to the ⁇ direction, as viewed from the direction of light overwriting. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the trajectories (B) and (C) of light kneading.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an optical isolator according to a first modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 shows the propagation of the incident light bran in the optical isolator shown in Fig. 14 in the direction of the crystal optical axis, the direction of rotation of the plane of polarization (A), and the direction opposite to the bottle direction.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing orbits (B) and (C) of FIG.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an Rfi configuration of Experimental Example 1 of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating the SS configuration of Experimental Example 2 of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a general arrangement relationship between a light-emitting isolator and an optical fiber.
- FIG. 19 is an optical path diagram showing an example of displacement of outgoing light with respect to incident light in the forward direction of the optical isolator.
- FIG. 20 is an optical path diagram showing another example of a change in the output power of the optical isolator with respect to the incident light in the forward direction.
- FIG. 21 shows the detailed configuration of the optical isolator in Fig. 20 (A), the crystal light tt direction and the rotation direction of the launching light plane (B), and the propagation of incident light in the direction opposite to the ⁇ direction.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing trajectories (C) and (D) of light rays as viewed from the ray direction.
- FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram showing a propagation state of incident light ⁇ of a conventional optical isolator.
- FIG. 23 is a conceptual diagram ′ showing positions S on orbits of forward incident light and outgoing light before and after a conventional optical isolator.
- 1 to 7 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an optical isolator according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- This optical isolator is composed of a first parallel plate birefringent crystal 11, a first Faraday rotator 12, a second parallel plate birefringent ft 13, a second Faraday rotator 14, and a third parallel It has a configuration in which the planar refraction crystal 15 is arranged in E order along the incident direction of the incident light in this order, and the permanent magnet that magnetizes the upper Faraday rotators 12 and 14 in different directions. It also has magnets 16 and 17.
- F and Ladder rotators 12 and 14 are magneto-optical materials such as YIG (yttrium iron garnet) monocrystal, bi-exchange garnet, and RIG (rare earth varieties garnet). Further, as the permanent magnets 16 and 17, for example, an annular perforated permanent magnet such as SnC0 can be used. P92 / 00171 1 1 5-1st parallel plate birefringent crystal 1 1
- the second parallel flat birefringent bond ft 13 has a thickness of ⁇ 2 times the thickness of the first parallel flat birefringent fl i 1 and is perpendicular to its own parallel flat surface. It has a ft optical axis that is rotated 1 35 'around the axis. 3rd parallel flat plate ⁇ ffl antagonism ft 15
- the ⁇ represents the orientations of the respective ⁇ ja halo, first Faraday rotator i 2 whereas to 4 5 "rotates the wound optical surface, a second Faraday rotator 1 4 the first Faraday rotator i
- the polarization plane is rotated by 1/4 ⁇ 5 in the opposite direction to 2. Therefore, the magnetization directions of the permanent magnets 6 and 17 are the second.
- Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 trace the propagation of incident light in the bottle direction in the optical isolator shown in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 shows a case where an incident ray having a plane of polarization in the X-axis direction is incident in the ⁇ direction. Even if the polarization plane is rotated by 45 ° by the second Faraday rotator 1 2, the polarization plane is rotated 1 45 by the second Faraday rotator 14 and the polarization plane is returned to the original state at the time of incidence.
- the terracotta light plane at the exit is in the same X direction as the even light plane of the incident light.
- Fig. 4 shows the case where the incident light dough having the draft direction is incident in the direction of the bottle.
- the exit-side polarization plane is the transmission direction of the incident light. ⁇ ⁇ ⁇
- the axis direction is the same as the light surface. ⁇ Light surface maintenance is definitely arrested. It is clear that this property holds for all scratch light.
- Fig. 5 shows the position of the light beam on the ray path at this time, g (A), and the state of the transmission direction.
- B> corresponds to Fig. 3;
- C) corresponds to Fig. 4;
- D corresponds to FIG.
- the thicknesses of the rutile parallel plates 11, 13, and 15 using a rutile crystal as the birefringent crystal were 2 mm and 2.828 no. 2 mm, respectively.
- the direction of magnetization of the second permanent magnet 17 is such that the second Faraday rotator 14 can rotate the polarization plane in the opposite direction by using a YIG unit ffi as the Faraday rotators 12 and 14.
- a YIG unit ffi as the Faraday rotators 12 and 14.
- Single-mode wound-flaw optical fibers were used as the optical fibers 18 and 21 on the input and output sides. Between the end faces of these optical fibers 18 and 21 and the optical isolator, three lens lenses 19 and 20 were provided.
- FIG. 8 to FIG. 1 show a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic configuration of an optical isolator according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- the optical isolator 31 is composed of five parallel plate birefringent crystals 32, 36, 40, 44, and 48, and a 4-degree Faraday rotator 34, 38 inserted one by one into the birefringence IM. , 42, 46 and permanent magnets 50, 50 for magnetizing the Faraday rotator, and the parallel-plate birefringent crystal and the Faraday rotator are aligned in a line.
- the parallel, flat, refracting crystals 32, 36, 40, 44, 48 various refracting substances such as rutile can be used in addition to calcite plates.
- Various magneto-optical materials such as Y1G (ittrium iron garnet) single ⁇ ⁇ , BiS-substituted garnet, and RIG (rare earth iron garnet) can be used as the Huprade rotors 34, 38, 42, 46. Available.
- Y1G ittrium iron garnet
- BiS-substituted garnet BiS-substituted garnet
- RIG rare earth iron garnet
- the first parallel plate birefringent crystal 32 placed at the incidence position in the ⁇ direction has a crystal optical axis inclined about 45 ′ with respect to the surface.
- the second parallel plate «shape «refraction ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 36 has the thickness a of the first parallel plate-like birefringence ⁇ S32 ⁇ 2 times the thickness / "2, and is parallel to its own parallel plate surface.
- the first parallel plate-like birefringent bond 1 32 connection II has a crystal optic axis (indicated by an arrow in the figure) in a direction rotated 135 'with respect to the Kosuke direction
- the third parallel plate birefringence ft 40 is twice as large as the first parallel plate double fold crystal 32.
- the first parallel-plate 32 refraction box ft32 is rotated 270 'around the axis perpendicular to its own plane-parallel plane and having a thickness of 2a, with respect to the crystal optical axis direction. '! 3 ⁇ 4 Has an optical axis.
- the fourth parallel plate 3 ⁇ 4 refraction crystal 44 has the same thickness ⁇ 2a as the second parallel plate double S-fold crystal 36, and has the sugar fl optical axis in the same direction U 35.
- the fifth parallel plate-like birefringence 48 ⁇ 48 has the same thickness a as the first parallel plate-like birefringence ftft 32, and has a lift optical axis in the same direction. That is, the thicknesses of the first to fifth parallel plate-like birefringence ⁇ 2, 36.40, 44, 48 are set to a ratio of 1: 2: 2: ⁇ 2: 1, and the direction of the optical axis is 0. ⁇ , 135 ⁇ , 2
- Both the first and second Faraday rotators 34 and 38 are magnetized in the near direction H1 by the permanent magnet 50 and rotate the light ffi light surface by 45 ', whereas the third and fourth Faraday rotations
- the elements 42 and 46 are both magnetized in the opposite direction H 2 by the permanent magnet 52 in the opposite direction to rotate the light emitting surface by 45 °. 171
- the outgoing light B in the forward direction before and after the optical isolator 31 is independent of the incident light A regardless of the direction of the polarization plane. You can see that it is on the extension building.
- each of the four Faraday rotators 34, 38, 42, and 46 two of them rotate the plane of polarization in the opposite direction. Even if it is transparent, the light emission surface is maintained.
- the parallel birefringent birefringent antagonists S32, 36, 40, 44, and 48 used rutile parallel plates ⁇ of rutile and their thicknesses were 1, 6M, 2.263M, 3.2an, and 2.623 ⁇ 1.6 ma, respectively. Also,
- the positional shift of the lenses 56 and 58 and the optical fibers 54 and 60 is relatively narrow.
- the assembly was completed in a short time, only in the range.
- the optical isolator according to the second embodiment has the advantages of being independent of the plane of polarization and having little effect on the characteristics due to humidity and light wavelength fluctuations.
- the effect is obtained that the position ft of the incident light beam in the direction and the position ft of the outgoing light bran are almost the same on the straight line. Therefore, according to the second embodiment, when the isolator of the present invention is inserted and placed in an optical circuit, it is not necessary to perform a particularly precise optical axis adjustment, and the original performance can be easily obtained.
- Third embodiment 12 to 21 show a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 shows a schematic configuration of an optical detector according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- This optical isolator 70 is composed of four parallel-plate-shaped refraction crystals 72, 76, 80, 82, two Fukurade rotators 74, 78, and a permanent magnet for magnetizing these Frade rotors. And a magnet 84.
- the first Faraday rotator 74 is inserted into the W of the first and second parallel plate birefringent crystals 72 and 76, and the second Faraday rotator 74
- various exothermic crystal materials such as rutile can be used in addition to calcite plate.
- Various magneto-optical materials such as YIG (yttrium iron garnet) single crystal, Bi-substituted garnet, and RIG (rare earth iron garnet) can be used as the Faraday rotators 74 and 78.
- a perforated permanent magnet such as SeCo is used as a permanent magnet described later. 0171
- the thicknesses t of the first to fourth parallel plate birefringent crystals 72, 76, 80, 82 are a— ⁇ a, “2a, mu a , a, and their fft orientations in the direction of the crystal optical axis are set at 0 ⁇ , 1 35 ', 180 * .270 ⁇ .
- the first parallel plate birefringence imaging fl simultaneously the thickness of 72 and reduce by a predetermined thickness one delta 8
- a third parallel plate-like birefringent crystal 80 having a thickness opposite to the direction is additionally provided.
- FIG. 14 shows a schematic configuration of an optical isolator according to a third modification of the third embodiment of the present invention.
- This optical isolator 90 has four parallel-plate birefringent crystals 92, 96, 100, 104, three Faraday rotators 94, 98.102, and a magnetizer for magnetizing these FP rotators. And permanent magnets 84.
- Each of these Faraday rotators 94, 98, and 102 is one for each of two parallel flat plate-shaped refractors. Insertion is placed and ⁇ rotates the Terracotta light plane 45 ° in the same direction. Furthermore, as shown in ( ⁇ ) of FIG.
- the thicknesses t of 9 6, 100 and 104 are aa, ⁇ 2a, ⁇ - ⁇ 8, V2a, respectively, and the direction of the crystal optic axis of the cascade ft is 0 ⁇ , 1 35 ⁇ 80 *, 225 ⁇
- the thicknesses of the i-th and third parallel-plate birefringent antagonists 2, 98 whose directions are opposite in the same optical axis direction are changed from a by ⁇ , ⁇ .
- FIG. 19 shows an example of an optical isolator
- FIG. 20 shows another example of an optical isolator
- 62 is the incident side optical fiber
- 64 is the incident side collimating lens
- 66 is the optical isolator body
- Reference numeral 68 denotes an output collimating lens
- reference numeral 69 denotes an output optical fiber.
- Fig. 18 shows parallel plate birefringent materials (3 ⁇ 4CJS foldable material), and 1, 20, 1, 22, and 12 are Faraday rotators.
- Fig. 21 shows the detailed configuration of the optical isolator shown in Fig. 20 and the propagation of incident light kneading ⁇ 8.
- the S factors that displace the trajectory of an incident light beam include a parallel plate birefringent crystal and a Faraday rotator that are tilted with respect to a line perpendicular to the light beam direction and are refracted because they are hidden.
- the refraction due to the product itself is high.
- the displacement due to the refraction is represented by D and D 'as shown in Figs. 19 and 20, and the displacement due to the refraction is represented by d as shown in Fig. 21. It is. Therefore, the condition for the light beam emitted from the optical lake to be near the extension of the incident light beam is given by the following equation (1)
- the thickness dimension of the parallel-plate birefringent roll 72, 80 can be set in advance to a predetermined dwelling so as to satisfy Equation 1. »If it is adjusted, the light beam after exiting the optical isolator 70 (or 50) can be placed near the extension of the incident light beam.
- FIG. 1 A specific example according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
- FIG. 1 A specific example according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
- FIG. 1 A specific example according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
- FIG. 1 A specific example according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
- FIG. 1 A specific example according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
- Rutile crystal was used as 1 ⁇ and It refraction ⁇ ft. That is, the thicknesses of the parallel parallel plates 72, 76, 80, and 82 are 1 and 2.828, respectively.
- YIG Faraday rotators were used as the Fade rotators 74 and 78, and the permanent magnets 84 were attached so as to cover these rotors.
- the optical isolator 70 having such a configuration is distributed and inclined to the optical fibers 85 and 88 by two inclinations, and as a collimation lens, a self-check micro lens (trade name) having a 52-port refractive index distribution lens is used. Lemon name) 86, 87 were inserted into optical fibers 85, 88 and optical isolator Rfl.
- the displacement D of the ray trajectory when the rutile parallel plates 72, 76, 80, and 82 are tilted 2 ' is estimated to be approximately 90 in by the following formula (2). Is done. -30-
- FIG. 17 shows an E-place configuration of a practical example using the optical isolator 90 having the configuration of Modification 1 shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 as an optical isolator main body.
- a ⁇ "2ina, ⁇ -111 liw and rutile antagonist were used as the 3 ⁇ 4 refraction crystal. That is, the thickness of the Lutheran parallel plates 92, 96, 100.104 was 0.4 14 ⁇ ,, 2BBI, respectively. , 2.4 14 mm, 2 ⁇ «Faraday rotators 94, 98 and 102 used ⁇ ⁇ G * 7 * radiator rotators, and used a circular permanent magnet 84 to cover the periphery of these rotators.
- the optical isolator 9 is configured as described above.rad
- the refractive index of rutile fi is 2.6.
- the amount of light displacement d- ⁇ 1 after exiting the optical isolator is 303
- the rutile parallel plate 72, 76, 80, 82 light ⁇ path by refraction when was 6-tilt displacement D Is approximately 260a according to the following equation 4.
- the displacement Sd—Ad of the light beam after exiting the optical isolator and the displacement D of the light »orbit become the t of the chrysanthemum, so that the light emitted from the optical isolator should be closer to the extension of the incident light.
- the pair of parallel plate-shaped refractions is displaced so that the ray trajectory after exiting the optical isolator is displaced by ⁇ (1).
- Set the thickness of the crystal by changing the thickness by a,-or change the thickness of four parallel plate-shaped refraction plates by ⁇ a and add a parallel plate-shaped refraction plate with a thickness of ⁇ a Since the Eg is used, the kneading after the light is emitted from the optical isolator can be approximated to the total length of the incident light. Therefore, according to the third embodiment, it is possible to narrow the axial adjustment range of the collimating lens' optical fiber, thereby shortening the S alignment assembly time, and contributing to the cost reduction of the product. can get.
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