Abstract:
There is provided a light receiving device including a polarization dispersing section that disperses a polarization direction of incoming light into a plurality of polarization directions, a light collecting section that has a metal pattern shaped like concentric circles on a surface thereof, where the light collecting section collects light that has passed through the polarization dispersing section, and a light receiving section that receives the light collected by the light collecting section. Also provided are a light receiving device manufacturing method and a light receiving method. The light collecting section may have a surface plasmon antenna that has the metal pattern shaped like the concentric circles on a surface thereof, and the light receiving section may receive the light collected toward a center of the concentric circles of the metal pattern of the light collecting section, through a hole at the center of the concentric circles, on a rear side of the light collecting section.
Abstract:
A temperature stabilizer for accurately stabilizing the temperature of an object is provided. The temperature stabilizer stabilizes the temperature of an object to a reference temperature. The temperature stabilizer includes an oscillator provided in proximity to the object, for generating an oscillation signal having a frequency corresponding to an inputted frequency control signal, a phase detector for detecting the phase difference between a feedback signal based on the oscillation signal and a reference clock signal having a predetermined frequency, a loop filter for generating the frequency control signal to synchronize the feedback signal with the reference clock signal based on the output from the phase detector, a comparator for comparing the value of the frequency control signal with a reference value determined corresponding to the reference temperature and an electric heating converter for heating or cooling the object based on the comparison result from the comparator.
Abstract:
There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device under test, including a test signal generator that generates a test signal to test the device under test, an electric-photo converter that converts the test signal into an optical test signal, an optical interface that (i) transmits the optical test signal generated by the electric-photo converter to an optical receiver of the device under test and (ii) receives and outputs an optical response signal output from the device under test, a photo-electric converter that converts the optical response signal output from the optical interface into an electrical response signal and transmits the electrical response signal, and a signal receiver that receives the response signal transmitted from the photo-electric converter and a test method.
Abstract:
To efficiently apply jitter to an optical signal using a simple configuration, provided is an optical signal output apparatus that outputs an optical pulse pattern signal including jitter, the optical signal generating apparatus comprising a light source section that outputs an optical signal having an optical frequency corresponding to a frequency control signal; an optical modulation section that modulates the optical signal output by the light source section, according to a designated pulse pattern; and an optical jitter generating section that delays an optical signal passed by the optical modulation section according to the optical frequency, to apply jitter to the optical signal.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to test a device under test including an optical interface. Provided is a device interface apparatus on which is loaded a device under test including an optical interface. The device interface apparatus comprises a device loading section on which the device under test is loaded; an optical connector that is to be connected to the optical interface of the device under test; and an optical connector moving section that moves the optical connector toward the optical interface of the device under test loaded on the device loading section, to optically connect the optical connector and the optical interface.
Abstract:
There are provided a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for manufacturing a substrate having a dielectric film, including a heat treatment apparatus that subjects a substrate on which a raw material containing composite oxide is applied, to heat treatment and crystallization in an atmosphere containing oxygen in a volume ratio of 20% or above under pressure of an atmospheric pressure or above. The manufacturing apparatus may manufacture a substrate having a ferroelectric film used as an optical control device. The heat treatment apparatus may include: a chamber that keeps, in the atmosphere, the substrate on which the raw material is applied; and a pressure adjusting section that adjusts a pressure of the atmosphere in the chamber to a predetermined value for a predetermined time period during heat treatment.
Abstract:
To extend the temperature range for a stable operation without mode hopping and obtain a stable laser oscillation, a laser oscillator is provided. The laser oscillator includes: an optical circulator in which light incident on a first port is exited from the second port, light incident on the second port is exited from a third port, and light incident on a fourth port is exited from the first port; a first optical amplification fiber that amplifies the light exited from the third port because of being excited by an exciting light and injects the same into the first port; a reflective optical filter that reflects light with a predetermined wavelength among the light exited from the second port and injects the same into the second port again; and an pump light source that generates an exciting light to excite the first optical amplification fiber. The reflective optical filter transmits light oscillated by laser in a ring resonator including the first optical amplification fiber, the optical circulator and the reflective optical filter and outputs the same. The pump light source injects the exciting light from the fourth port into a ring resonator.
Abstract:
There is provided a wavelength determining device including a reference wavelength measuring section 42 that, based upon a number A of interference fringes generated by an optical path difference of first reference wavelength light (wavelength: λ1) and a number C of interference fringes generated by the optical path difference of second reference wavelength light (wavelength: λ2), measures the wavelength of the second reference wavelength light, an input light wavelength measuring section 44, based upon the number A of the interference fringes generated by the optical path difference of the first reference wavelength light (wavelength: λ1) and a number B of interference fringes generated by the optical path difference of input light (wavelength: λx), measures the wavelength of the input light, a correction coefficient determining section 46 that determines a second correction coefficient k based upon the measured wavelength λc of the second reference wavelength light and the measured wavelength λm of the input light, and an input light wavelength correcting section 48 that corrects the measured wavelength of the input light by multiplying the measured wavelength λm of the input light by the second correction coefficient k, in order to correctly measure the wavelength λx(=k·λm) of the input light.
Abstract:
To extend the temperature range for a stable operation without mode hopping and obtain a stable laser oscillation, a laser oscillator is provided. The laser oscillator includes: an optical circulator in which light incident on a first port is exited from the second port, light incident on the second port is exited from a third port, and light incident on a fourth port is exited from the first port; a first optical amplification fiber that amplifies the light exited from the third port because of being excited by an exciting light and injects the same into the first port; a reflective optical filter that reflects light with a predetermined wavelength among the light exited from the second port and injects the same into the second port again; and an pump light source that generates an exciting light to excite the first optical amplification fiber. The reflective optical filter transmits light oscillated by laser in a ring resonator including the first optical amplification fiber, the optical circulator and the reflective optical filter and outputs the same. The pump light source injects the exciting light from the fourth port into a ring resonator.
Abstract:
There is provided a wavelength determining device including a reference wavelength measuring section 42 that, based upon a number A of interference fringes generated by an optical path difference of first reference wavelength light (wavelength: λ1) and a number C of interference fringes generated by the optical path difference of second reference wavelength light (wavelength: λ2), measures the wavelength of the second reference wavelength light, an input light wavelength measuring section 44, based upon the number A of the interference fringes generated by the optical path difference of the first reference wavelength light (wavelength: λ1) and a number B of interference fringes generated by the optical path difference of input light (wavelength: λx), measures the wavelength of the input light, a correction coefficient determining section 46 that determines a second correction coefficient k based upon the measured wavelength λc of the second reference wavelength light and the measured wavelength λm of the input light, and an input light wavelength correcting section 48 that corrects the measured wavelength of the input light by multiplying the measured wavelength λm of the input light by the second correction coefficient k, in order to correctly measure the wavelength λx(=k·λm) of the input light.