Light-controlled light modulator
US6961169B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F2/004
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A light-controlled light modulator can achieve high-speed, low-loss wavelength conversion. Continuous light with a wavelength λj is launched into an MMI coupler via a port, and is split into two parts by the MMI coupler, which are led to a loop-type interferometer. In the loop-type interferometer, the two parts travel separately around the loop as clockwise traveling light and counterclockwise traveling light, are combined by the MMI coupler again via a filter-equipped phase modulator, thereby being emitted to the port. In this state, signal light λi(s) with a wavelength λi is launched into the filter-equipped phase modulator via a port. Even when the wavelength λi of the signal light λi(s) is equal to the wavelength λj of the wavelength converted output light, the wavelength conversion can be achieved with preventing noise from being mixed into the output light emitted from a port.
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