WO1993022706A1 - External modulator for optical communication - Google Patents
External modulator for optical communicationInfo
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- WO1993022706A1 WO1993022706A1 PCT/JP1993/000148 JP9300148W WO9322706A1 WO 1993022706 A1 WO1993022706 A1 WO 1993022706A1 JP 9300148 W JP9300148 W JP 9300148W WO 9322706 A1 WO9322706 A1 WO 9322706A1
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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
- G02F1/00—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
- 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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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- 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
- G02F1/00—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
- 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
- G02F1/11—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 based on acousto-optical elements, e.g. using variable diffraction by sound or like mechanical waves
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- the present invention relates to an external modulator for optical communication that applies a modulation signal to an optical fiber from the outside and indirectly modulates light propagating in the optical fiber. Yes, it can suppress the resonance of the elastic wave in the optical fiber, and because it has a small insertion loss, it can be connected to many in one transmission line, has flat frequency characteristics, and has high frequency modulation It relates to an external modulator for optical communication that can be used.
- modulators conventionally incorporated in optical communication systems are direct modulation systems that directly modulate the output light by changing the current applied to the light source, such as a semiconductor laser device or light emitting diode. Is common.
- the light source is unstable based on the modulation of the intensity of an LD (laser diode) generally used as the light source, and the transmission distance of the optical signal is greatly restricted. There is a problem.
- this method basically uses one signal source (transmission source) for one transmission line, in order to put optical signals from a plurality of signal sources on one transmission line, the signal source and the transmission line are used. It is necessary to introduce an optical coupler between the two.
- the insertion loss caused by the insertion of the optical coupler is large. For example, even in the case of a waveguide type optical coupler whose insertion loss is considered to be relatively small, it is about 0.5 dB. Therefore, the number of i signals that can be connected to one transmission line is limited.
- one optical transmission line is equipped with a DC light source whose intensity is constant over time, and a modulator arranged in the middle of the optical transmission line modulates the passing light. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the obstacle based on the instability of the light source.
- Another advantage is that the insertion loss when the modulator is connected to the optical transmission line is small, so that a large number of modulators can be installed on the optical transmission line.
- One is to form a L i N b 0 3 waveguide pattern of a refractive index in diameter in example by ion exchange on a substrate, in which is disposed an electrode for voltage application to the vicinity of the waveguide.
- This external modulator operates using the electric pre-school effect, and has excellent modulation characteristics in the high-frequency region (up to several GHz), but has a dependence on temperature and humidity changes. There is a problem that the dependence of the optical output intensity on the bias voltage is changed due to the expansion and contraction of the waveguide substrate and the change over time caused in response to these changes, and it is difficult to obtain a stable operation. Moreover, there is a difficulty in industrial utility because the single crystal L i N b 0 3 is very high titer. In the case of this external modulator, the insertion loss is as large as 2 to 4 dB, so that it is difficult to install many in one optical transmission line.
- the outer periphery of the cladding layer 1a of the single mode optical fiber 1 is a lower electrode 2 made of a Cr-Au thin film, a thin film of ZnO which is a piezoelectric material, and furthermore, a Cr—A It has a structure covered with an upper electrode 4 composed of a u thin film.
- Godi 1 consists of CuZAu at about 180 ° C in the outer periphery of the optical fiber in J. Lightwave Technol vol. 6, 1586, 1988.
- a proposal is made in which a piezoelectric thin film 3 composed of a lower electrode 2 and Zn 0 is partially formed sequentially.
- unnecessary acoustic wave resonance modes can be reduced by making the stress of the elastic wave concentrated on the core 1b of the optical fiber perpendicular to the axis instead of being axially symmetric.
- the optical fiber and external modulation means are integrated, so the insertion loss to the transmission line is extremely small. With the advantage of being small and inexpensive to manufacture.
- the lower electrode, the piezoelectric thin film, and the upper electrode are all formed by vacuum evaporation
- the film is formed by applying the method, since the surface of the optical fiber 1 is a curved surface, a uniform pressure is applied over the entire surface in the circumferential direction.
- the elastic wave is large at the outer periphery of the optical fiber
- the acoustic wave resonates inside the optical fiber.
- This external modulator is provided on one side of a support substrate 5 made of quartz glass.
- the lower electrode 2 the ZnO thin film 3, and the upper electrode 4
- the single mode optical fiber 1 is densely inserted into this groove 5a.
- This external modulator is the same as that of Hickernell et al.
- the insertion loss into the optical transmission line is extremely small, and since the surface of the support substrate 5 is flat, the lower electrode 2, It is easy to control the film thickness of the piezoelectric thin film 3 and the upper electrode 4, and has an advantage that uniform piezoelectric characteristics can be obtained over the entire surface.
- the groove 5a formed on one surface of the support substrate 5 made of quartz glass exactly matches the curvature of the cross section of the single mode optical fiber 1 to be embedded closely here. It is very difficult to process it. Furthermore, for the same reason as in Hickerne l and God i l and others, a resonance phenomenon occurs inside the optical fiber, and the frequency characteristics of the modulator do not become flat.
- the elastic wave travels straight at the interface between the support substrate 5 and the optical fiber 1, and the elastic wave is effectively focused on the core of the optical fiber 1. It is difficult.
- the driving frequency is high, the directivity of the elastic wave generated by the piezoelectric thin film 3 is extremely sharp, and the elastic wave travels straight through the support substrate 5, and thus the elastic wave incident on the core of the optical fiber 1.
- the waves are very limited. That is, the rate at which the elastic wave generated from the piezoelectric thin film 3 contributes to the modulation of the light propagating through the optical fiber 1 is extremely small, and the efficiency deteriorates.
- the effective length of the piezoelectric thin film with respect to the optical fiber can be increased by increasing the aspect ratio of the portion functioning as a piezoelectric element.
- the width of the piezoelectric thin film 3 or the upper electrode 4 is reduced.
- the modulation frequency is greatly reduced as
- the bandwidth of the wave number becomes narrow.
- the piezoelectric element composed of electrodes is electrically connected
- This modulated signal is efficiently transmitted to the piezoelectric element.
- the impedance change of the piezoelectric element due to the frequency is the impedance change of the piezoelectric element due to the frequency
- the frequency band used by these external modulators depends on the area of the upper electrode. Become. Therefore, in the case of an external modulator having only one upper electrode, only one frequency band can be used, and the amount of information to be transmitted is reduced.
- the space occupied by the modulation system may be increased.
- This external modulator has a structure in which a PZT piezoelectric ceramic is mechanically pressed onto the coating of a single-mode optical fiber.
- the purpose of the present invention is to reduce the insertion loss.
- the object is to provide an external modulator for communication.
- -Another object of the present invention is to provide a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film, an upper electrode
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide an elastic wave generated by a piezoelectric thin film.
- Modulator for optical communication that can achieve excellent modulation efficiency
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an elastic wave generated from a piezoelectric thin film.
- Yet another purpose is to convey more information with a single external modulator.
- the first aspect comprises the following External modulator for optical communication:
- a supporting substrate having substantially the same acoustic impedance as the cladding layer of the single-mode optical fiber to be placed;
- a piezoelectric element portion in which a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film, and an upper electrode are laminated in this order on one surface of the support substrate;
- At least one single-mode optical fiber disposed on the other surface of the support substrate.
- the external modulation for optical communication s ⁇ comprises the following:
- a piezoelectric element portion in which a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film, and an upper electrode are laminated in this order on one surface of the support substrate;
- At least one single mode optical fiber disposed on the upper electrode
- an external module for optical communication comprising: Controller:
- a support substrate including a medium having a built-in optical transmission line and having an acoustic impedance substantially equal to that of the optical transmission line; a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film, and an upper electrode laminated on one surface of the support substrate in this order;
- a piezoelectric element portion comprising:
- the external modulator of the first embodiment described above has a basic configuration as shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, wherein a piezoelectric element portion is provided on one surface of the support substrate and a single mode light is provided on the other surface. It has a structure in which fibers are arranged.
- a thin film-like lower electrode 2 and a piezoelectric element The thin film 3 and the thin film upper electrode 4 are laminated in this order to form the piezoelectric element portion A.
- the lower electrode 2 and the upper electrode 4 have leads for introducing an electric signal for driving the piezoelectric thin film 3. 7a and 7b are attached respectively.
- the material of the support substrate 6 is not limited to the quartz glass described above, but may be any material having a value such that the acoustic impedance of the cladding layer of the single mode optical fiber disposed on the support substrate is substantially equal to that of the single crystal fiber.
- a Si substrate ⁇ a sapphire substrate can also be used.
- the material of the lower electrode 2 and the upper electrode 4 is not particularly limited, but, for example, A 1, Cr, Au, Cu, Cr / A u, T a ZA u, etc. may be mentioned.
- T i ZA u also, as the material of the piezoelectric thin film 3, for example, L i N B_ ⁇ 3, Z n 0, A 1 N, PVDF ( polyvinylidene fluoride) You can give something.
- Each of the lower electrode 2, the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the upper electrode 4 can be formed by a known film forming method such as a sputtering method, a vacuum evaporation method, and a CVD method.
- the supporting substrate 6 since the supporting substrate 6 has a flat plate shape, the deposition operation of the lower electrode 2, the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the upper electrode 4 can be performed while the supporting substrate 6 is fixed. Moreover, the respective film thicknesses can be easily controlled.
- the lower electrode 2, the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the upper electrode 4 having a uniform thickness can be formed over the entire surface, and the piezoelectric element portion A can exhibit a highly reliable function.
- the piezoelectric thin film is formed with Z n 0, the c axis of Z n ⁇ is oriented perpendicular to the surface of the support substrate 6.
- the piezoelectric efficiency can be increased.
- a single-mode optical fiber 8 is arranged at the center. Specifically, the other surface 6b of the support substrate and the portion of the desired length of the optical fiber 8 are brought close to the acoustic impedance of the cladding layer 8a. Then, the optical fiber 8 is fixed to the supporting substrate 6 by covering the surface with an object 9 having acoustic impedance.
- the acoustic impedance refers to the product of the density of the propagation medium of the elastic wave and the velocity of the elastic wave propagating through the medium.
- the entire outer periphery of the optical fiber 8 except for the portion in contact with the support substrate 6 is covered with the substance 9.
- any substance having an acoustic impedance substantially equal to that of the support substrate 6, that is, a substance having an acoustic impedance substantially equal to the acoustic impedance of the cladding layer 8a of the arranged sinal mode optical fiber 8 is used. May be
- the reflection coefficient of an elastic wave (sound wave) at the interface between a medium whose acoustic impedance is Z 1 and a medium whose acoustic impedance is Z is
- the outer periphery of the single mode optical fiber is covered with the above-described substance as described above, the acoustic impedance at the interface between the two becomes substantially equal, and the reflection coefficient at the interface becomes extremely small. Therefore, the propagated elastic wave can efficiently enter the single-mode optical fiber. Also, the return due to the reflection of the elastic wave transmitted through the single-mode optical fiber at the optical fiber interface is suppressed. Thus, resonance in the optical fiber can be suppressed.
- Such effect exerts a substance, for example, the Ke I sodium (N a O * 4 S i 0 2 ⁇ aq) dispersing a fine powder of silica glass, which was vitrified by firing it ( Acoustic impedance: 13.1 X 10 6 kg / (m 2 ⁇ s)) Similarly, alumina powder was dispersed in sodium gayate, which was fired and vitrified (acoustic impedance: 15.2 X 10 6 kg / (m 2 ⁇ s)) Similarly, zirconia powder is dispersed in soda gay acid, which is baked and vitrified (acoustic impedance: 30.1) X 1 0 6 kg / (m 2 ⁇ s)) which canceller mission-box and a, also the specific acoustic Inpidansu was approximated to clad layer 8 a by dispersing a predetermined amount of metal powder in the polymer compound You can give things.
- an optical signal is passed from a DC light source to a single-mode optical fiber 8, and a voltage having a predetermined frequency is applied between the leads 7a and 7b.
- a periodic pressure is applied to the optical fiber 8 from the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the external force causes a refractive index distribution inside the optical fiber 8 to modulate the passing light.
- the outer periphery of the optical fiber 8 is coated with a material whose acoustic impedance is similar to that of the cladding layer 8a, the outer periphery of the optical fiber 8 does not reflect the sound wave propagated from the piezoelectric thin film 3. Escaping into the material, the optical fiber The resonance phenomenon inside is eliminated. Therefore,
- FIGS. 8 to 11 show the structure of the structure shown in FIGS. 5 to 7.
- the supporting substrate 6 has a configuration described later.
- a medium 6c is formed of quartz glass, and a medium 6d is formed.
- the curved surface 10a is convex toward the medium 6c.
- Such a supporting substrate 6 is made of, for example,
- quartz glass powder After that, it can be manufactured by depositing quartz glass powder on it and melting it by raising the temperature while applying high pressure. it can.
- the curved surface 10a may have a shape like a part of a spherical surface as shown in FIG. 9 and extend in the longitudinal direction of the single mode optical fiber 8 arranged as shown in FIG. It may be a part of a cylindrical curved surface. In short, the curved surface 10a is shaped according to the shape of the piezoelectric element part A.
- This external modulator operates as follows.
- the generated elastic wave can be regarded as a plane wave.
- the elastic wave traveling straight from the piezoelectric element part A into the support substrate 6 is reflected and refracted at the joint surface 10a, and the incident angle and the refraction angle are the propagation of the elastic wave of the two media 6c and 6d. Determined by speed.
- the propagation speed of the elastic wave of the medium 6c is made higher than that of the medium 6d, and the shape of the joint surface 10a of the two media is changed to a curved surface 10a convex toward the medium 6c.
- the elastic wave is focused toward the single-mode optical fiber 8 as shown by the arrow and concentrated toward the core 8b.
- Fig. 11 shows that the supporting substrate 6 has a high elastic wave propagation speed.
- the medium 6c is placed on the single mode optical fiber 8 side,
- a medium 6 d with a low propagation speed is placed on the piezoelectric element A side.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing an external modulator when the external modulator is formed.
- the bonding surface 10a is formed as a curved surface that is convex toward the medium 6c.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an external modulator according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of an external modulator that can
- the piezoelectric element In the support substrate 6 of this external modulator, the piezoelectric element
- the single mode optical fiber extends in the direction of placement of the bar 8
- a groove 11 with a curvature slightly larger than the curvature of 8 is formed. Have been.
- the acoustic impedance is substantially the same as the acoustic impedance of the cladding layer 8a of the single-mode optical fiber 8 to be arranged, and the propagation speed of the elastic wave is a single-mode optical fiber.
- 8 is made of a medium having a larger value than that of the medium, for example, aluminum silicon single crystal.
- groove 11 may be formed by known machining, or may be formed by chemical etching.
- the single mode optical fiber 8 is accommodated and arranged in the groove 11. At this time, the inner peripheral surface of the groove 11 and the outer peripheral surface of the single-mode optical fiber 8 are bonded via the above-mentioned substance having an acoustic impedance similar to the acoustic impedance of the cladding layer 8a. As a result, they are acoustically connected and fixed. Acoustic here means that the acoustic impedance of both is approximately equal.
- the single-mode optical fiber 8 may be housed and fixed in the groove 11 by adhesive bonding at the interface with the groove 11 as described above.
- the remaining outer periphery of the fiber 8 may be coated with the above-described substance as shown in FIGS. This is preferable because the single-mode optical fan 8 can be securely fixed.
- FIG. 13 shows a state in which a propagating wave propagating through the support substrate 6 enters the single mode optical fiber 8. If the driving frequency of the elastic wave generated by the piezoelectric element part A is high, the generated elastic wave travels straight through the support substrate 6, but at that time, the outer peripheral surface of the single mode optical fiber 8 and the inner periphery of the groove 11 Regarding the refraction of an elastic wave at the interface with a surface, Snell's law holds as in the case of light.
- the propagation speed of the elastic wave propagating in the support substrate 6 is V i
- the incident angle is 0 !
- the propagation speed of the elastic wave propagating in the single mode optical fiber 8 is 2
- the emission angle is 2
- V 1 sin ⁇ 2 u 2 sin ⁇ !
- the shape of the groove 11 of the support substrate 6 is made slightly smaller than the curvature of the single mode optical fiber 8, so that the groove 11 and the single After filling the gap formed with the mode optical fiber 8 with matching oil 11a, etc.
- elastic waves can be focused on the core 8b.
- the external modulator shown in FIG. 17 and FIG. 17, which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XVI I—XVI I in FIG. 16, is the first modulator of the basic configuration shown in FIG. 5 to FIG.
- a plurality of (two in the figure) upper electrodes of the piezoelectric element portion A are arranged.
- modulation signals with different contents are input from the modulation signal output unit, which is an information source, to each of the upper electrodes 4a and 4b, and one external optical modulator increases the number (the number of upper electrodes). Information).
- the frequency band of each modulation signal can be changed, so that a single external modulator can transmit a large amount of information. Will be able to Therefore, the space occupied by the modulation system can be reduced as compared with the case where a plurality of external modulators are used.
- the external modulator shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XIX—XI of FIG. 18, has a lower electrode 2 commonly arranged in the piezoelectric element portion A.
- a plurality (two in the figure) of piezoelectric thin films 3a, 3 are formed on the electrode 2, and upper electrodes 4a, 4b are formed on these piezoelectric thin films, respectively.
- the film thickness of the thin film 3 is changed at a fixed rate along the arrangement direction of the arranged single mode optical fibers 8.
- a relatively inclined surface is formed between the optical fiber 8 and the longitudinal direction.
- the modulation frequency is the modulation frequency.
- the degree of thickness change of the piezoelectric thin film is
- This gradient is adjusted in the range of 4. 0 ⁇ 5. 0 X 1 0 one 4
- the optical fiber 8 is placed, and the outer periphery of the
- the outer periphery of the optical fiber 8 is the sound of the cladding layer 8a. Since the acoustic fiber is covered with a material whose acoustic impedance is close to that of the optical fiber, the elastic wave does not reflect on the outer periphery of the optical fiber, and the resonance phenomenon in the optical fiber can be eliminated, and a flat frequency characteristic can be obtained.
- the roughness of the rough surface is preferably such that the center line average roughness (R a) defined by JIS B 0601 is equal to or greater than the wavelength of the elastic wave propagating in the support substrate.
- R a center line average roughness
- JIS B 0601 the center line average roughness
- Such a rough surface can be formed, for example, by polishing using abrasive grains having a particle size of several tens of m.
- the external modulator having this structure As shown in FIGS. 16 to 19, a plurality of upper electrodes are formed on the piezoelectric thin film 3 or a plurality of upper electrodes are formed on the lower electrode 2. A single-mode optical fiber is placed on each of the upper electrodes. Thereby, a large number of information transmissions by one external modulator can be realized.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric thin film is formed so as to be inclined at a fixed rate in the longitudinal direction of the single-mode optical fiber to be arranged, so that the modulation frequency can be reduced. Broadband can be realized.
- the lower electrode 2, the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the upper electrode 4 are sequentially laminated with a uniform thickness on one surface & a of the support substrate 6 to form the piezoelectric element portion A.
- the other surface 6b an inclined surface inclined at a constant rate in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the single-mode optical fiber 8 disposed, the elastic wave generated by the piezoelectric element portion A That is, as shown by the broken line, the elastic wave propagating in the support substrate 6 can be prevented from returning in the same direction by being reflected on the inclined surface 6b, and as a result, the resonance of the elastic wave in the support substrate 6 can be prevented. Can be prevented.
- the base 12 and the upper part of the base 12 are arranged and are urged by the springs 13a and 13a.
- An external modulator is set on the base 12 of the pressing means comprising a pressing portion 13 which can be moved up and down in the vertical direction with the single-mode optical fiber 8 side up and screws 13 c, 1
- the single mode optical fiber 8 is elastically pressed by the urging force of the springs 13a and 13a via, for example, the silicone rubber 14. This is preferable because the single mode optical fiber 8 can be held in a stable state, and furthermore, the effect can be enhanced because the optical fiber and the supporting substrate are more closely contacted.
- a light transmission path is directly built in the support substrate.
- FIG. 26 and FIG. 27 which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XXVI I—XXVI I in FIG. 26, such an external modulator has a built-in optical transmission line. 6e, which has a structure in which the piezoelectric element portion A is formed on one surface of the support substrate 6.
- a cladding layer made of quartz glass and a core layer are sequentially laminated on a Si substrate 6f by a conventional flame deposition method, and then a part of the core layer is dry-etched. After removal, a waveguide 6 e having a predetermined cross-sectional shape is formed in the longitudinal direction, and the waveguide 6 e buried in the cladding layer 6 g is referred to as a support substrate 6.
- a support substrate 6 One side of the support substrate It is manufactured by forming a piezoelectric element part A on the substrate.
- the waveguide 6e serves as a light transmission path, and the light propagating therethrough is modulated by the function of the piezoelectric element A located immediately above the waveguide 6e.
- a predetermined amount of quartz glass powder is filled in a mold, and a single-mode optical fiber 8 is placed there.
- a single-mode optical fiber 8 is integrated into the support substrate 6 as an optical transmission path by virtue of vitrification by refilling the silica glass powder from above and firing the whole while pressurizing the whole. be able to.
- a plurality of upper electrodes are formed on the piezoelectric thin film 3 or as shown in FIGS.
- a plurality of piezoelectric thin films By forming a plurality of piezoelectric thin films, further forming an upper electrode on each of them, and correspondingly incorporating an optical transmission path in the support substrate, a large amount of information can be obtained from one external modulator. Transmission can be realized.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric thin film is formed to be inclined at a constant rate in the longitudinal direction of the built-in optical transmission line, thereby reducing the modulation frequency. Broadening of the bandwidth can be realized.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional example of an external modulator
- FIG. I is a perspective view showing another conventional example of the external modulator
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another conventional example of the external modulator
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the frequency characteristics of the conventional external modulator
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the state of one surface of the external modulator of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the state of the other surface of the external modulator of the present invention
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-VI I
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the external modulator according to the present invention
- FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another example of the medium junction surface in the external modulator of FIG. 8;
- FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the external modulator of the present invention;
- FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing still another example of the present invention;
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state in which an elastic wave propagating through a supporting substrate in the external modulator of FIG. 12 is incident on a single mode optical fiber.
- Fig. 14 shows the behavior of the elastic wave in the external modulator of Fig. 12 when the propagation speed of the elastic wave in the support substrate is higher than that in the single mode optical fiber.
- FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram in the case where an elastic wave exhibits another behavior different from that of FIG. 14;
- FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram in the case where an elastic wave exhibits another behavior different from that of FIG. 14;
- FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram in the case where an elastic wave exhibits another behavior different from that of FIG. 14
- FIG. 16 is a plan view showing another example of the external modulator of the present invention
- 17 is a sectional view taken along the line XVI I—XVI I in FIG. 16
- FIG. 18 is a plan view showing another example of the external modulator of the present invention
- FIG. 19 is a view in FIG.
- FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XXI-XIX
- FIG. 20 is a side view showing still another example of the external modulator of the present invention
- FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XXI-XXI in FIG.
- Figure 22 shows 23 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the external modulator of the present invention
- FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the external modulator shown in FIG.
- FIG. 24 is an external modulation shown in FIG.
- FIG. 25 is a sectional view showing a pressing means of the external modulator of the present invention
- FIG. 26 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the external modulator of the present invention.
- FIG. 27 is a sectional view taken along the line XXVI I—XXVI I of FIG. 26;
- FIG. 28 is a perspective view showing another example of still another embodiment of the external modulator of the present invention.
- FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing a measurement system of the modulation output of the external modulator;
- A1 is sputtered on one surface 6a of a quartz glass plate 6 having a thickness of 1 mm to form a lower electrode 2, and ZnO is sputtered thereon to form a piezoelectric thin film 3 having a thickness of 5iin.
- A1 was sputtered to form an upper electrode.
- a cladding layer 8a of a single mode optical fiber 8 having a core diameter of 8 was arranged on the other surface 6 of the quartz glass plate 6.
- an adhesive in which silica glass powder with a particle size of 5 m is dispersed in sodium gayate is applied over a length of 1 O mm at the location where the silica glass powder is to be disposed, and after drying at room temperature, the temperature is raised to 150 ° C. Firing was performed at ° C for 2 hours.
- the optical fiber 8 is supported by a coating 9 of a sintered body of quartz glass powder.
- An external modulator having the structure shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 integrated with the substrate 6 was obtained.
- the acoustic impedance of the support substrate 6 and the single-mode optical fin 8 was 13.1 X 10 6 kg / (m 2 ⁇ s), and the acoustic impedance of the coating 9 was The dance has almost the same value.
- the ends of the optical fibers of the external modulator were thermally fused to each other to connect the 100 external modulators in series, one end of which was connected to the light source, and the other end of which was connected to the receiving unit.
- the light source used was an LD that emits light at a wavelength of 1.333 nm.
- the LD emitted light at a constant intensity and was incident on a single-mode optical fiber.
- the receiver was equipped with a polarizing element connected to a single-mode optical fiber, and was assembled so that after passing through this polarizing element, the change in the received light intensity could be measured with a PD.
- the loss of light due to one external modulator was only a connection loss due to fusion of single mode optical fibers, and was about 0.03 dB. Therefore, the total loss of 100 pieces was about 3.0 dB.
- a sinusoidal wave from 400 MHz to 500 MHz is transmitted as a modulation signal to each external modulator at 1 MHz intervals, and all signals at that time are measured by the receiving unit.
- quartz glass was used as the medium 6d
- flint glass was used as the medium 6c.
- the overall thickness of the support substrate was 2 mm, and the radius of curvature of the curved surface 10a was 1.25. mm, except that the height was set to 0.5 mni, the piezoelectric element portion A was formed in the same manner as in Example 1, and a single-mode optical fiber was arranged in the same manner.
- This external modulator was set in the measurement system shown in Fig. 29, and its modulation output was measured for light having a wavelength of 1.333 nm.
- the modulation output improved by 12 dB or more compared to the case where the support substrate 6 was entirely made of quartz glass was measured.
- a 1 is used as the supporting substrate &, on one surface, the lower electrode 2 and the upper electrode 4 are each 0.2 mm thick Cr and Au, and the piezoelectric thin film 3 is 7 m thick ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ from the piezoelectric element.
- a part A is formed, and a groove 11 having a diameter of 126 mm and a semicircular cross section is engraved on the other surface.
- a single-mode optical fiber 8 having a diameter of 125 mm is accommodated in this groove, Was bonded with the adhesive used in Example 1 and then fired to be bonded and fixed, whereby an external modulator having a structure shown in FIG. 12 was manufactured.
- This external modulator was set in the measurement system shown in Fig. 29, a high frequency voltage of about 200 MHz was applied between the lower electrode 2 and the upper electrode 4, and the wavelength was 1.33 nm. The modulation output for each light was measured. An improvement in the modulation output of 10 dB or more was observed as compared to an external modulator in which the propagation speed of the elastic wave was the same as that of the optical fiber, and a silica glass plate was used as the supporting substrate and the same grooves were provided.
- the substrate of silicon single crystal is prepared as a support substrate 6, by performing the etching process with water oxidizing power Riumu solution after forming an etching mask in S i ⁇ 2 on one side of it., As shown in the third 0 Figure A groove 11 having a sectional shape was formed. Next, after filling the matching oil 11a into the groove 11, a single-mode optical fiber 8 is placed here, and the optical fiber is supported as shown by the arrow in Fig. 30. An external modulator having a structure as shown in FIG. 30 was pressed against the substrate 6 and fixed in the groove. When the modulation output of this external modulator was also measured under the conditions of Example 3, the elastic waves generated in the piezoelectric element part A were efficiently focused on the core 8 b of the single mode optical filter 8. Was confirmed.
- a 20 mm long, ⁇ 2 omni, 1 mm thick quartz glass plate was prepared as a support substrate.
- A1 is vacuum-deposited on one side of this quartz glass plate to form a lower electrode having a thickness of about 0.2 zm, and a ZnO piezoelectric thin film with a thickness of about 10 m is further formed thereon by sputtering.
- vacuum deposition of A1 was performed on it, with a width of 0.4 am and a length of 1
- the piezoelectric element part A was formed by depositing two strip-shaped upper electrodes with a thickness of 0.2 mm and a thickness of 0.2 m, and an external modulator having the structure shown in Figs. 1'6 and 17 was manufactured.
- the piezoelectric thin film 3 is driven by applying a signal with a center frequency of 320 MHz and a band width of IMHz to one of the external modulators, and a signal of a center frequency of 34 MHz and a band width of 4 MHz to the other. I let it.
- An external modulator having the structure shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 was manufactured as follows.
- a quartz glass plate having a length of 20 thighs, a width of 20 mm, and a thickness of 1 mm was prepared as a support substrate 6, and A 1 was vacuum-deposited on one side thereof to form a lower electrode 2 having a thickness of about 0 m 2.
- a thin film of piezoelectric thin film was formed by depositing Zn on a strip with a width of about 10 m and a length of about 10 nm by sputtering.
- the pressure conductive thin film 3 that the upper surface is an inclined surface having a slope of about 2 X 1 0- 3 in the longitudinal direction.
- A1 was vacuum-deposited on the piezoelectric thin film 3 to form a strip-shaped upper electrode 4 having a width of i mm and a length of 10 thighs. Then, the other surface of the support substrate is processed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Thus, a single mode optical fiber 8 was disposed immediately below the upper electrode 4.
- This external modulator was set in the measurement system shown in Fig. 29, and the frequency characteristics were evaluated using light with a wavelength of 1.33 nm. The results are shown in FIG.
- the attenuation of the elastic wave is small in the frequency region corresponding to the thickness of the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the bandwidth of the modulation frequency is widened. .
- An external modulator having the structure shown in FIG. 22 was manufactured as follows.
- a piezoelectric element portion A is formed on one surface of a support substrate made of a quartz glass plate in the same manner as in Example 1, and the upper electrode 4 of the piezoelectric element portion A is formed on the upper electrode 4 by using the adhesive used in Example 1.
- Single-mode optical fiber 8 was placed and fixed.
- This external modulator was connected in series in the same manner as in Example 1, and the same test was performed. As a result, the total loss of 100 pieces was about 4.8 dB, and all of the modulated signals in the range of 400 to 500 MHz could be detected simultaneously.
- the surface on which the piezoelectric element portion A was not formed was polished with abrasive grains having a particle size of 40 m, and the An external modulator having the structure shown in Fig. 23 was manufactured with a surface roughness Ra of 6.8 m.
- the surface on which the piezoelectric element portion A is not formed has a gradient 10 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the single mode optical fiber 8.
- An external modulator having the structure shown in FIG.
- a silica glass fine particle to become a cladding layer and a core layer was deposited by flame deposition on a 6-inch Si substrate with a diameter of 76.2 mm (3 inches) and a thickness of 110 f.
- the slab was baked and vitrified to form a slab clad layer and a slab core layer.
- the core layer was dry-etched to a width of 8 ⁇ m.
- silica glass fine particles to be a cladding layer are deposited again from above and vitrified and guided to the cladding layer 6 d.
- a supporting substrate having a thickness of 50 ⁇ m excluding the Si substrate 6 f in which the waveguide 6 e was embedded was used.
- the lower electrode 2, the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the upper electrode 4 were sequentially laminated on the cladding layer 6d in the same manner as in Example 1 to form the piezoelectric element portion A.
- An external modulator having the structure shown in FIG. 28 was manufactured as follows.
- the single-mode optical fiber 8 was integrated into a support substrate having a vertical length of 20 ram and a thickness of 1.0 mm.
- the lower electrode 2, the piezoelectric thin film 3, and the upper electrode 4 were sequentially laminated on the support substrate 6 in the same manner as in Example 1 to form the piezoelectric element portion A.
- the external modulator of the present invention has a small insertion loss, has a flat frequency characteristic, can be used for high-frequency modulation, can transmit a large amount of information, and can resonate elastic waves in an optical fiber. It is useful as an external modulator for optical communication because it can efficiently suppress the elastic wave to the optical fiber and can be easily manufactured.
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