Optical signal processing circuit
An optical signal processing device includes: a light source which generates a fundamental wave light; an optical modulator which modulates the fundamental wave light, and generates a fundamental wave light having a plurality of carriers synchronized in phase; an optical filter which passes through required components among the plurality of carriers; a first second-order nonlinear optical element on which a light which passes through the optical filter is incident, and which generates a second harmonic of the fundamental wave light; and a second second-order nonlinear optical element on which a signal light and the second harmonic are incident, the second second-order nonlinear optical element performing nondegenerate parametric amplification, wherein the second second-order nonlinear optical element has an output unit for picking up a wavelength converted light corresponding to difference in frequency between the signal light and the second harmonic or an amplified light of the signal light.
1. An optical signal processing device comprising:
a light source which generates a fundamental wave light;
an optical modulator which modulates the fundamental wave light, and generates a fundamental wave light having a plurality of carriers which are synchronized in phase;
an optical filter which transmits required components among the plurality of carriers;
a first second-order nonlinear optical element on which a light which passes through the optical filter is incident, and which generates a second harmonic of the fundamental wave light; and
a second second-order nonlinear optical element on which a signal light and the second harmonic are incident, and which performs nondegenerate parametric amplification, wherein
a waveguide of the first second-order nonlinear optical element and a waveguide of the first second-order nonlinear optical element have a periodically poled structure, and
the second second-order nonlinear optical element has an output unit for picking up a wavelength converted light corresponding to difference in frequency between the signal light and the second harmonic or an amplified light of the signal light,
the optical signal processing device further comprising a quasi-phase matching wavelength conversion element which is a wavelength conversion device which generates a differential frequency light having a wavelength λ 2 which corresponds to differential frequency between the signal light having a wavelength λ 1 and an excitation light having a wavelength λ 3 , and performs parametric amplification of the signal light having the wavelength λ 1 , the wavelength conversion device including: means for generating excitation lights having wavelengths λ 3,i (i=−n , , , −2, −1, 0, +1, +2 , , , +n); and means for multiplexing the excitation lights and the signal light, the wavelength conversion device being configured such that the signal light having the wavelength λ 1 and the excitation lights having the wavelengths λ 3,i are incident on the wavelength conversion device and the wavelength conversion device performs parametric amplification of the signal light using the excitation lights, and assuming a modulation cycle of spatial distribution of a nonlinear constant of the quasi phase matching wavelength conversion element as Λ, a following equation is satisfied between a propagation constant β(λ QPM ) at a quasi-phase matching wavelength λ QPM and a propagation constant β(2λ QPM ) at a wavelength 2λ QPM ,
β
(
λ
QPM
)
-
2
β
(
2
λ
QPM
)
=
2
π
Λ
at least one of the wavelengths λ 3,i of the excitation lights has a shorter wavelength than the quasi phase matching wavelength λ QPM , and
a following equation is satisfied between a propagation constant β (λ 3,i ) at the wavelength λ 3 of the excitation light, a propagation constant β (λ 1 ) at the wavelength λ 1 of the signal light and a propagation constant β (λ 2 ) at the wavelength λ 2 of the differential frequency light,
β
(
λ
3
,
i
)
-
β
(
λ
1
)
-
β
(
λ
2
)
=
2
π
Λ
.
2. The optical signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the quasi phase matching wavelength conversion element is a waveguide which is made of lithium niobate having a periodically poled structure, and
the quasi phase matching wavelength conversion element generates the wavelength λ 2 of the differential frequency light which satisfies a following equation by a second-order nonlinear optical effect generated in the nonlinear medium,
1
λ
3
=
1
λ
1
+
1
λ
2
.
3. The optical signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the means for generating the excitation lights having the wavelength λ 3,i (i=−n , , , −2, −1, 0, +1, +2 , , , +n) includes: a light source which generates a fundamental wave light having a wavelength 2λ 3,0 ; an optical modulator; an optical filter; and an optical amplifier, and the means generates the excitation lights by generating a second harmonic of the fundamental wave light.
4. The optical signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein a nonlinear optical crystal of the waveguides of the first second-order nonlinear optical element and the second second-order nonlinear optical element is LiNbO 3 , LiTaO 3 , or LiNb (x) Ta (1-x) O 3 (0≤x≤1), or a mixture of LiNbO 3 , LiTaO 3 , and LiNb (x) Ta (1-x) O 3 (0≤x≤1).
5. The optical signal processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the waveguide contains at least one dopant selected from a group consisting of Mg, Zn, Sc and In.
6. An optical signal processing device comprising:
a light source which generates a fundamental wave light;
a first second-order nonlinear optical element which generates a second harmonic of the fundamental wave light; and
a second second-order nonlinear optical element on which a signal light and the second harmonic are incident, and which performs nondegenerate parametric amplification, wherein
the second second-order nonlinear optical element has an output unit for picking up a wavelength converted light corresponding to difference in frequency between the signal light and the second harmonic or an amplified light of the signal light,
a waveguide of the first second-order nonlinear optical element and a waveguide of the first second-order nonlinear optical element have a periodically poled structure, and
in the waveguide of the second second-order nonlinear optical element, the periodically poled structure is formed of periodic structures having different lengths which are arranged in multiple stages,
the optical signal processing device further comprising a quasi-phase matching wavelength conversion element which is a wavelength conversion device which generates a differential frequency light having a wavelength λ 2 which corresponds to differential frequency between the signal light having a wavelength λ 1 and an excitation light having a wavelength λ 3 , and performs parametric amplification of the signal light having the wavelength λ 1 , the wavelength conversion device including: means for generating excitation lights having wavelengths λ 3 ; and means for multiplexing the excitation lights and the signal light, the wavelength conversion device being configured such that the signal light having the wavelength λ 1 and the excitation lights having the wavelengths λ 3,i are incident on the wavelength conversion device and the wavelength conversion device performs parametric amplification of the signal light using the excitation lights, and
assuming a modulation cycle of spatial distribution of a nonlinear constant of the quasi phase matching wavelength conversion element as Λi (i=−n , , , −2, −1, 0, +1, +2 , , , +n), a following equation is satisfied between a propagation constant β(λ QPM,i ) at a quasi-phase matching wavelength λ QPMi and a propagation constant β(2λ QPM,i ) at a wavelength 2λ QPM,i ,
β
(
λ
QPM
,
i
)
-
2
β
(
2
λ
QPM
,
i
)
=
2
π
Λ
i
,
at least one of the wavelengths 2λ QPM,i of the modulation frequency of the excitation light has a longer wavelength than the quasi phase matching wavelength λ 3 , and
a following equation is satisfied between the propagation constant β(λ 3 ) at the wavelength λ 3 of the excitation light, the propagation constant β(λ 1 ) at the wavelength λ 1 of the signal light and the propagation constant β(λ 2 ) at the wavelength λ 2 of the differential frequency light,
β
(
λ
3
)
-
β
(
λ
1
)
-
β
(
λ
2
)
=
2
π
Λ
i
.
7. The optical signal processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the quasi phase matching wavelength conversion element is a waveguide which is made of lithium niobate having a periodically poled structure, and
the quasi phase matching wavelength conversion element generates the wavelength λ 2 of the differential frequency light which satisfies a following equation by a second-order nonlinear optical effect generated in the nonlinear medium,
1
λ
3
=
1
λ
1
+
1
λ
2
.
8. The optical signal processing device according to claim 6 , wherein a nonlinear optical crystal of the waveguides of the first second-order nonlinear optical element and the second second-order nonlinear optical element is LiNbO 3 , LiTaO 3 , or LiNb (x) Ta (1-x) O 3 (0≤x≤1), or a mixture of LiNbO 3 , LiTaO 3 , and LiNb (x) Ta (1-x) O 3 (0≤x≤1).