IP Library Granted Patent US 9,722,397
Granted Patent B2
US 9,722,397 · App. 14/942,026 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Tunable laser and tunable laser module

Inventors: Kazumasa Takabayashi (Atsugi, JP); Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (Zama, JP); Manabu Matsuda (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H01S5/142H01S3/106H01S5/021H01S5/0265H01S5/0612H01S5/0687H01S5/125H01S5/1215H01S5/227H01S5/34306
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Patent No.
US 9,722,397
App. No.
14/942,026
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tunable laser includes: a wavelength filter that includes a first ring resonator and a second ring resonator each of which is formed by a waveguide including a silicon waveguide core, and each of which is capable of shifting each of resonance wavelengths that exit periodically and whose intervals are different from each other; and an integrated device that is optically coupled to the wavelength filter, and in which a first semiconductor optical amplifier and a reflector are provided in sequence from a side of the wavelength filter, wherein the resonance wavelengths of the first ring resonator and the second ring resonator are overlapped with each other at one wavelength, and the resonance wavelengths are overlapped with each other also at a plurality of wavelengths other than the one wavelength.

Claims (20)

1. A tunable laser module comprising:

a tunable laser that includes

a wavelength filter that includes a first ring resonator and a second ring resonator each of which is formed by a waveguide including a silicon waveguide core, and each of which is capable of shifting each of resonance wavelengths that exit periodically and whose intervals are different from each other, and

an integrated device that is optically coupled to the wavelength filter, and in which a first semiconductor optical amplifier and a reflector are provided in sequence from a side of the wavelength filter;

a first semiconductor optical amplifier power source electrically coupled to the first semiconductor optical amplifier;

a first ring resonator power source electrically coupled to the first ring resonator;

a second ring resonator power source electrically coupled to the second ring resonator;

a first monitor unit that monitors light from the tunable laser; and

a controller that controls the first semiconductor optical amplifier power source, the first ring resonator power source, and the second ring resonator power source, based on monitor information from the first monitor unit,

wherein the first semiconductor optical amplifier, the reflector, and a second semiconductor optical amplifier are provided in the integrated device, in sequence, from the side of the wavelength filter,

wherein the tunable laser module further includes a second semiconductor optical amplifier power source electrically coupled to the second semiconductor optical amplifier, and a second monitor unit that monitors light in the wavelength filter,

wherein the controller controls the first semiconductor optical amplifier power source, the second semiconductor optical amplifier power source, the first ring resonator power source, and the second ring resonator power source, based on pieces of monitor information from the first monitor unit and the second monitor unit, and

wherein the controller controls the second semiconductor optical amplifier power source based on the monitor information from the first monitor unit, and controls the first semiconductor optical amplifier power source based on the monitor information from the second monitor unit.

2. The tunable laser module according to claim 1 , wherein

the resonance wavelengths of the first ring resonator and the second ring resonator, each of which exists periodically, are overlapped with each other at one wavelength, and the resonance wavelengths are overlapped with each other also at a plurality of wavelengths other than the one wavelength, and

the intervals of the resonance wavelengths of the first ring resonator and the second ring resonator are set so that a vernier mode interval that is an interval between the one wavelength and a wavelength that is closest to the one wavelength from among the plurality of wavelengths becomes wider than a reflection wavelength range of the reflector.

3. The tunable laser module according to claim 1 , wherein

the wavelength filter includes a waveguide coupled to the first ring resonator and the second ring resonator, and a phase control electrode provided in the waveguide and used to control a phase, and wherein

the tunable laser module includes a phase control power source electrically coupled to the phase control electrode, and

the controller controls the phase control power source based on monitor information from the first monitor unit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2022
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060804/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2015
From: TAKABAYASHI, KAZUMASA; YAMAMOTO, TSUYOSHI; MATSUDA, MANABU
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037191/0896 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-241640 · Nov 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160156149A1 · Jun 2, 2016