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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
Takashi Saida, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Atsugi, JP;
Takashi Goh, Atsugi, JP;
Ken Tsuzuki, Atsugi, JP;
Shinji Mino, Atsugi, JP;
Takashi Saida, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Atsugi, JP;
Takashi Goh, Atsugi, JP;
Ken Tsuzuki, Atsugi, JP;
Shinji Mino, Atsugi, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a temperature-independent optical frequency shifter for generating sub-carriers with a miniaturizable configuration, as well as to provide an all-optical OFDM modulator using the same that is compact, has low temperature dependence, and is even compatible with different frequency grids. Provided is an optical frequency shifter and an optical modulator using the same, the optical frequency shifter comprises one input optical port, a 1-input, 2-output optical coupler optically connected thereto, two Mach-Zehnder modulation units individually optically connected to the two outputs thereof, a 2-input, 2-output optical coupler optically connected to the individual outputs thereof, and two output optical ports optically connected to the outputs thereof, wherein the two Mach-Zehnder modulation units are driven by periodic waveforms at the same frequency whose phases differ from each other by (2p+1)π/2 (p: integer).