Provided is an optical module comprising a plate-like metal stem and a semiconductor optical modulation element mounted to a dielectric substrate provided on one side of the metal stem, wherein the metal stem has a metal stem penetration section in which a metal lead pin is inserted coaxially in a penetration hole which is formed in the metal stem and a dielectric member is provided to fill the penetration hole around the outer circumference of the lead pin, and a signal for modulation is supplied to the semiconductor optical modulation element connected in parallel with a terminal matching circuit, from the other side of the metal stem via the metal stem penetration section, wherein the terminal matching circuit is configured by a series connecting body which is comprised of a first resistor and a parallel body which is comprised of a second resistor and a capacitor.

Provided is a back side emitting light source array device and an electronic apparatus, the back side emitting light source array device includes a substrate, a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) provided on a first surface of the substrate, a plurality of gain layers which are provided on the DBR, the plurality of gain layers being spaced apart from one another, and each of the plurality of gain layers being configured to individually generate light, and a nanostructure reflector provided on the plurality of gain layers opposite to the DBR, and including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength shape dimension, wherein a reflectivity of the DBR is less than a reflectivity of the nanostructure reflector such that the light generated is emitted through the substrate.

The first capacitor is opposed to and electrically connected to the first back electrode. The second capacitor is opposed to and electrically connected to the second back electrode. Each of the first circuit and the second circuit has a main region that overlaps with a corresponding one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor. At least one circuit of the first circuit and the second circuit has an extension region extending from the main region toward another circuit of the first circuit and the second circuit. At least one of one of the pair of first wires and the second wire is bonded to the extension region.

A housing for an electronic component, in particular for a laser diode, is provided. The housing includes a mounting area for the electronic component and has a lateral wall provided with a feedthrough for a light guide. The base wall of a basic body of the housing has both a heat sink for a thermoelectric cooler and a plurality of feedthroughs for pins for electrically connecting the electronic component.

A lid portion, that is mounted on a package that houses an optical isolator at a certain position, includes: a main body portion that is in contact with an upper end portion of a sidewall of the package; and a thick portion that is provided on a lower surface of the main body portion and determines a position of the lid portion with respect to the package. Further, the thick portion is provided on the lower surface other than a lower surface region of the main body portion, the lower surface region being directly above the optical isolator housed in the package when the lid portion is mounted on the package.

In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit light at one or more wavelengths between 1200 nm and 1400 nm. The lidar system also includes a scanner configured to scan the emitted light across a field of regard of the lidar system and a receiver configured to detect a portion of the emitted light scattered by a target located a distance from the lidar system. The lidar system further includes a processor configured to determine the distance from the lidar system to the target based at least in part on a round-trip time for the portion of the emitted light to travel from the lidar system to the target and back to the lidar system.

A system includes a heat sink module and a driving circuit module. The heat sink module includes stepped through-holes that each includes a cylindrical upper and lower portions connected by a ring-shaped surface. The bottom surface of the heat sink module includes grooves that respectively pass through the lower portions of respective sequences of the stepped through-holes. The driving circuit module includes conductive connectors and electrical driving surfaces that are disposed external to the heat sink module. Each conductive connector lies within a respective groove in the bottom surface of the heat sink module. The conductive connectors include internal connectors that each link at least two stepped through-holes in a respective sequence of stepped through-holes passed by a respective groove, and include external connectors that each link at least one stepped through-hole in the respective sequence of stepped through-holes to the electrical driving surfaces.

An optical transmitter module includes a semiconductor laser device, optical modulator, temperature adjusting device which includes a substrate, a first installation part and a second installation part, a package having a bottom surface opposite to a back surface of the substrate, the package housing the semiconductor laser device, the optical modulator, and the temperature adjusting device; and a middle block disposed between a first temperature controlling element a the second temperature controlling element, the middle block having a back surface directly or indirectly fastened to a principal surface of the substrate.

A packaged transmitter device includes a base member comprising a planar part mounted with a thermoelectric cooler, a transmitter, and a coupling lens assembly, and an assembling part connected to one side of the planar part. The device further includes a circuit board bended to have a first end region and a second end region being raised to a higher level. The first end region disposed on a top surface of the planar part includes multiple electrical connection patches respectively connected to the thermoelectric and the transmitter. The second end region includes an electrical port for external connection. Additionally, the device includes a cover member disposed over the planar part. Furthermore, the device includes a cylindrical member installed to the assembling part for enclosing an isolator aligned to the coupling lens assembly along its axis and connected to a fiber to couple optical signal from the transmitter to the fiber.

A thermoelectric module includes a substrate, an electrode provided on a first surface of the substrate, a thermoelectric element, and a first diffusion prevention layer disposed between the electrode and the thermoelectric element. The first diffusion prevention layer includes a first material having a lower ionization tendency than that of hydrogen.