| 摘要 |
<p>An electro-absorption modulator is integrated with a DFB semiconductor laser to form a modulator-integrated laser, and a modulated laser light emitted from the modulator-integrated laser is transmitted via an optical fiber. The electro-absorption modulator is provided with a spot size-converting region formed of a tapered waveguide, a width of which is slowly reduced in the horizontal direction from an incident end of the waveguide to the light-emitting end thereof. A spot size of the modulated laser light at a light-emitting end of the modulator-integrated laser is almost the same as that of the single mode optical fibre, hence both can be directly connected with a low coupling loss. <IMAGE></p> |
