Visible light modulation device and optical engine including the same
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsTakashi Kikukawa, Tsuyoshi Komaki, Hideaki Fukuzawa, Hiroki Hara
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Abstract
A visible light modulation device includes a light source part having a plurality of optical semiconductor devices configured to emit light with a visible light wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm, and a light modulation output part having three Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides consisting of a convex fabricated lithium niobate film, and being configured so that light emitted from each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices is incident on the corresponding Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide.
Claims19
A visible light modulation device, comprising:
- a light source part having a plurality of optical semiconductor devices each configured to emit a light with a visible light wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm so as to emit multiple lights;
- a light modulation output part having a plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides each consisting of a convex fabricated lithium niobate film, and being configured so that each of the lights emitted from each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices are incident on a corresponding Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide;
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- a controller configured to control a current value input to each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices such that a peak output of each wavelength of the lights emitted to the outside through the plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides has a predetermined color ratio with respect to other lights output by the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides.
A visible light modulation device, comprising:
- a light source part having a plurality of optical semiconductor devices each configured to emit a light with a visible light wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm so as to emit multiple lights;
- a light modulation output part having a plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides each consisting of a convex fabricated lithium niobate film, and being configured so that each of the lights emitted from each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices are incident on a corresponding Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide;
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- wherein a current value input to each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices is a constant value, and
- the plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides are configured such that a peak output of each wavelength of the lights emitted to the outside through the plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides has a predetermined color ratio with respect to other lights output by the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides.
A visible light modulation device, comprising:
- a light source part having a plurality of optical semiconductor devices each configured to emit a light with a visible light wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm so as to emit multiple lights;
- a light modulation output part having a plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides each consisting of a convex fabricated lithium niobate film, and being configured so that each of the lights emitted from each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices are incident on a corresponding Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide;
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- wherein a current value input to each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices is a constant value, and
- a controller configured to control voltages applied to the plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides is provided such that a peak output of each wavelength of the lights emitted to the outside through the plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides has a predetermined color ratio with respect to other lights output by the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides.
A visible light modulation device comprising:
- a light source part having a plurality of optical semiconductor devices each configured to emit a light with a visible light wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm so as to emit multiple lights;
- a light modulation output part having a plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides each consisting of a convex fabricated lithium niobate film and being configured so that each of the lights emitted from each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices is incident on the corresponding Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide, and having a multiplexing part configured to multiplex modulation light from the plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides;
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- a controller configured to control a current value input to each of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices such that a peak output of each wavelength of the lights emitted to the outside through the plurality of Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides has a predetermined color ratio with respect to other lights output by the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides.
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