WO1993014439A1 - Waveguide type light directional coupler - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
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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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- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
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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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- G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
- G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
- G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
- G02F1/3132—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of directional coupler type
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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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- G02F2201/07—Constructional arrangements not provided for in groups G02F1/00 - G02F7/00 buffer layer
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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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- G02F2202/20—LiNbO3, LiTaO3
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- the present invention relates to a waveguide type optical directional coupler used as an optical modulator or an optical switch, which is a component of an optical integrated circuit used in an optical communication system, an optical information processing system, an optical sensor system, and the like.
- optical directional coupler is a component of the optical matrix switch.
- such an optical directional coupler is an optical element used for effectively and optically controlling a phase difference that governs the transition of an optical path when two parallel waveguides are brought close to each other. It is. Background art
- An object of the present invention is to propose a waveguide type optical directional coupler having an electro-optic constant larger than that of a bulk. Disclosure of the invention
- the present inventors have studied to achieve the above object. As a result, the cause of conventional T i diffusion L i N b 0 3 electrooptic effect becomes small, it was found that the lattice constant of the crystal material constituting the substrate and the waveguide is because not aligned. Then, they have found that an optical directional coupler having an optical waveguide excellent in electro-optic effect can be obtained by matching the lattice constants of the substrate and the crystals of the waveguide with each other, and completed the present invention.
- the present invention relates to L i T a 0 3 single crystal substrate, provided with an optical waveguide of L i N b 0 3 single crystal film was formed by parallel proximity at least two of the optical waveguide, its proximity at least one of the optical waveguide is made by providing a means for changing the refractive index of the optical waveguide, and each of the above i T a 0 3 single crystal and the L i N b 0 3 single crystal film
- An optical directional coupler characterized by combining crystal lattices with each other.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an optical modulator including an optical directional coupler according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a manufacturing process of an optical modulator including an optical directional coupler according to the present invention.
- an optical waveguide consisting of L i T a 0 3 L i N b 0 3 single crystal film created single crystal substrate or on a substrate, formed in proximity in parallel at least two, the proximity at least one of the waveguides is, an optical directional coupler mechanism comprising the provided for changing the refractive index of the optical waveguide, wherein L i T a 0 3 single crystal and L i N b 0 It is necessary that the respective crystal lattices of the single crystal film of 3 are aligned with each other.
- the method (1) is most preferable.
- L i Ta 0 3 lattice constant of the single crystal substrate which is larger than that of L i N b 0 3 single crystal, when is ⁇ the Na and Mg in L i N'b 0 3 single crystal This is because the lattice constant of L i Nb0 3 single crystal can size camphor Rukoto.
- the content thereof is 0.1 to 14.3 mol% for Na, for Mg is desirable from 0.8 to 10.8 mol%.
- Optical directional coupler of the present invention L i N b 0 3 single crystal film optical waveguide 2 1, suitable construction on 2- 2 electrode 3 1, 3 2, 3 3, 3 4
- a ⁇ iS inversion type directional coupler which induces a change in the refractive index through the electro-optic effect of the L i N 0 3 single-crystal optical waveguides 2-1 and 2-2, and It is desirable to electrically control the coupling state of the two to perform output intensity modulation and optical path switching.
- a planar electrode is effective. Also, it is effective to provide a buffer layer such as SiO 2 between the optical waveguide and the electrode in order to reduce the influence of DC drift and the like.
- the length of the coupling portion required for 100% optical power to transfer from one optical waveguide to the other is 0 dB coupling length L.
- Konoshi. Is determined by the refractive index of the optical waveguide, the size of the interval, the wavelength of the laser light, and the like.
- the phase difference between the two optical waveguides caused by the applied voltage Electro field concentration occurs under the electrodes and the sign is different, so that the propagation constant of the optical waveguide changes so that one increases and the other decreases.
- the length of the parallel proximity region 4 is L, and when light of unit intensity 5 enters the optical waveguide 2-1, both optical waveguides 2-1 and 2.—
- the output intensity of 2 is, as shown by R.V.Schmid et al. In Appl. Phys. Lett. 28 503 (1976),
- the optical directional coupler of the present invention can function as an optical modulator and an optical switch.
- L i T a 0 3 a groove is formed in the waveguide forming portion of the single crystal substrate 1, after the L i N b 0 3 single crystal film grown while the lattice matching, unnecessary portions was removed, leaving a L i N b 0 3 single crystal film only in the groove, to form the optical waveguide 2.
- L i N b 0 3 as a method for growing while the single crystal film is lattice matched oxide lithium Umu vanadium pentoxide fifteen niobium monoxide Na Toriumu magnesium or the Ranaru melt monoxide L i T a 0 3 single It is preferable to carry out by bringing the crystal substrate 1 into contact.
- the electrode 3 is desirably formed by depositing a metal film such as aluminum on the optical waveguide 2 by vapor deposition or sputtering.
- a buffer layer such as SiO 2 may be provided between the optical waveguide 2 and the optical waveguide 3.
- the amounts of Na and Mg contained in the obtained LiNbO 3 single crystal thin film 8 were 3 mol% and 2 mol%, respectively.
- the Li′bO 3 single crystal film 8 had a lattice constant (a-axis) of 5.156 A, an incident light wavelength of 1.15 m, and a measured refractive index of 2.235 ⁇ 0.001.
- the aluminum electrode 3 was formed by vapor deposition.
- the optical waveguide 2 was formed in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the working length of the aluminum electrode 3 was set to 10.
- the substrate 1 was preheated at 915'C for 30 minutes, and immersed in the melt for 8 minutes while rotating at 100 rpm. . Growth rate of LiNbO 3 in this operation was 1 m / min.
- Nb0 3 Na was contained in the single crystal film 8, the amount of Mg, respectively 3 mol% and 2 mol%. Further, the LiNbO 3 single crystal film lattice constant (a ⁇ ) is
- the incident light wavelength was 1.15 fi m
- the measured refractive index was 2.235 ⁇ 0.001.
- This optical waveguide is patterned, a Ti mask is created, and Ar plasma etching is performed.
- a ridge-type channel waveguide was fabricated by ching.
- An SiO z buffer layer 6 was formed directly on the optical waveguide 2 by sputtering, buttered to a working length of 20 mm, and an aluminum electrode 3 was formed by vapor deposition.
- a 1.3- ⁇ m wavelength TM mode laser beam was radiated to the device fabricated in this way, and the characteristics were evaluated by applying an AC voltage of 4 GHz. A ratio of 17 dB or more was obtained. In addition, when the change with time in a state where an AC voltage was applied was measured, no change was observed in the modulation voltage and the output for at least 24 hours.
- the optical waveguide 2 was formed in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the working length of the aluminum electrodes 3 was 25 mm.
- the device fabricated in this way was guided by a laser beam in the TM mode at a wavelength of 1.3 / m, and the characteristics were evaluated by applying an AC voltage of 4 GHz.
- an aluminum electrode was formed by vapor deposition.
- Table 1 shows the measurement results of various characteristics of the waveguides of Examples 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2.
- the optical directional coupler according to the present invention has better characteristics than the conventional directional coupler.
- the optical directional coupler of the present invention the LiNbO 3 single crystal film light - for waveguide and LiTaOs lattice constant between the single crystal substrate is matched, LiNbO 3 optical waveguide of the single crystal film crystal lattice
- the refractive index of the LiNbO 3 single crystal film optical waveguide does not change significantly from the initial value even if the refractive index change due to the electric field is repeated, and thus the conventional optical directional coupler has In comparison, the life can be extended.
- the optical waveguide-type optical directional coupler according to the present invention has characteristics superior to those of the conventional optical directional coupler, and has a long life and little change over time. Since it becomes an optical modulator, it is suitably used in the fields of optical communication systems, optical information systems, and optical sensor systems.
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