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Optical transmission apparatus

US6236771A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 1999
Grant dateMay 22, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/0265
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical transmission apparatus, where the variation of optical wavelength due to temperature change is slight, and at the same time, the stray capacitance of an external modulator is reduced, and an optical integrated structure having a light source and the external modulator is mounted in a mechanically stable manner. The external modulator modulates output light from a semiconductor laser. The semiconductor laser is a front-end emission semiconductor laser that emits unmodulated light. The semiconductor laser and the modulator are monolithically integrated as an integrated structure. Control electrodes of the semiconductor laser and the modulator formed on a waveguide of the integrated structure are junction-down mounted via solder material to a laser-driving electrode and optical-modulator driving electrode separately formed on an optical mounting substrate.

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