An optical transmitting module includes: light sources configured to output optical signals, an optical multiplexer configured to multiplex the optical signals output from the light sources, a collimating lens configured to convert an optical signal output from the optical multiplexer to a form of parallel beam, a package inside which the light sources, the optical multiplexer, and the collimating lens are provided, and an optical isolator disposed on one inner surface of the package, in which the optical signals output from the light sources are multiplexed into a single optical signal through the optical multiplexer disposed inside the package, and the single optical signal passes through the collimating lens and is then optically coupled to an optical fiber stub in a receptacle through a focusing lens disposed outside the package to be output externally.

An optical module includes an LD that emits laser beam; a carrier that mounts the LD and thermistor thereon; a photodetector detecting the laser beam output from the LD; a TEC that mounts the carrier and the photodetector thereon; a chassis having a box-shape demarcated by walls that form a space for enclosing the LD, the TEC, and the photodetector therein, wherein at least of the walls has a window, and the thermistor arranged between the LD and the photodetector.

An optical transmitting module includes: light sources configured to output optical signals, an optical multiplexer configured to multiplex the optical signals output from the light sources, a collimating lens configured to convert an optical signal output from the optical multiplexer to a form of parallel beam, a package inside which the light sources, the optical multiplexer, and the collimating lens are provided, and an optical isolator disposed on one inner surface of the package, in which the optical signals output from the light sources are multiplexed into a single optical signal through the optical multiplexer disposed inside the package, and the single optical signal passes through the collimating lens and is then optically coupled to an optical fiber stub in a receptacle through a focusing lens disposed outside the package to be output externally.

An apparatus for testing a wafer or chip comprising a photonic integrated circuit comprises: an electrical signal interface module comprising an array of movable conducting structures; a photonic signal interface module attached to the electrical signal interface module, the photonic signal interface module comprising one or more optical fiber interfaces, and a first set of grating couplers arranged over at least a first plane of the photonic signal interface module; and one or more electrical signal connections between the electrical signal interface module and the photonic signal interface module.

Method for fabricating of all-optical-fiber based optical polarizer devoid of fusing of first and second optical fibers. The method includes a process of forming a substantially adiabatic optical fiber taper by pulling an optical fiber and interrupting this process when an optical power parameter measured at an output of the optical fiber is reduced below a pre-defined threshold as a result of said pulling. An optically-tapered single-mode polarization-maintaining optical fiber element fabricated according to the method and configured as such all-optical-fiber polarizer.

An optical module for bi-directional monochromatic transmission is provided. The optical module includes a substrate, a common terminal, a circulator module, a multiplex-demultiplex (MDM) module, and an input-output terminal. The common terminal is adjacent to the substrate and connected to an optical fiber. The circulator module is on the substrate and in free space optical communication with the common terminal The MDM module is on the substrate and in free space optical communication with the circulator. The input-output terminal is on the substrate and in free space optical communication with the MDM module, the input-output terminal being configured to connect to an emitter and a receiver. The circulator is configured to spatially separate a first directional transmission to the MDM module from a second directional transmission from the MDM module.

An optical isolator 10 according to the present disclosure includes a substrate 11 and an optical waveguide 12 provided on the substrate 11. The optical waveguide 12 includes a first end part 13, a plurality of second end parts 14 arranged in an array, and at least one branching part 18 located between the first end part 13 and the plurality of second end parts 14. The optical waveguide 12 has a portion having non-reciprocity and gives different non-reciprocal phase shift amounts between the first end part 13 and at least two of the second end parts 14.

A photonics integrated circuit chip includes first and second optical waveguides formed on a semiconductor substrate. Light input into the first optical waveguide passes through a first optical isolator and a coupler formed on the substrate. The coupler outputs light from the first optical isolator combined with light from an off-substrate pump light source to an off-substrate optical fiber which outputs the combined light into the second optical waveguide for passage through a second optical isolator formed on the substrate. The substrate may also include third and fourth optical waveguides. Light input into the third optical waveguide passes through a third optical isolator and a second coupler formed on the substrate. The second coupler outputs light from the second optical isolator combined with light from the pump light source to an off-substrate second optical fiber which outputs the combined light into the fourth optical waveguide for passage through a fourth optical isolator formed on the substrate.

Reconfigurable non-reciprocal integrated-optics-based devices are disclosed. The non-reciprocal devices include: a phase-sensitive device, such as a microring waveguide; a magneto-optic layer; and an electromagnet. These elements are operatively coupled such that a magnetic field generated by current flow through the electromagnet gives rise to a non-reciprocal phase shift in the phase-sensitive device. The non-reciprocal phase shift leads to a difference in the way that a light signal travels in the forward and backward directions through one or more bus waveguides that are operatively coupled with the phase-sensitive element. The non-reciprocity is reversible by reversing the direction of drive current flow in the electromagnet, which enables the inter-port connectivity of the ports of these bus waveguides to be reconfigured based on the direction of the drive current flow. Examples of reconfigurable isolator and circulator embodiments are described.

A method of assembling an optical module that recovers data by interfering signal light with local light is disclosed. The optical module provides a housing with a side to which a signal port and a local port are fixed, and an optical components having a light incident surface whose normal makes an angle except for 0 and 90 against the axis of the signal port. The method first adjusts a rotation of the assembling apparatus by (1) setting a tool on the apparatus, where the tool has a pair of sides parallel to each other and a reference side making the angle against one of the paired sides, and (2) facing the reference side toward the preset direction. Next, setting the housing on the apparatus in an attitude same with the tool and facing the optical component toward the preset direction above the housing, the process installs the optical component within the housing.