Light emitting element array and optical transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10438993-B2
Application number	US-201715790623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2017
Priority date	Nov 16, 2016
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

A light emitting element array includes plural light emitting elements connected in parallel to each other by a wiring connected to a terminal that supplies a current. Each of the light emitting elements is disposed at a position of a predetermined path length along a path of the current flowing from the terminal through the wiring. The plural light emitting elements include, in a mixed form, one or more first light emitting elements each having a non-shielded light emission aperture and one or more second light emitting elements each having a shielded light emission aperture. At least one of the first light emitting elements is disposed at a position of the longest path length. At least one of the second light emitting elements is disposed at a position of the shortest path length.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical transmission device comprising:
a light emitting element array comprising a plurality of light emitting elements connected in parallel to each other by a wiring connected to a terminal that supplies a current, each of the light emitting elements being disposed at a position of a predetermined path length along a path of the current flowing from the terminal through the wiring, the plurality of light emitting elements including, in a mixed form, one or more first light emitting elements and one or more second light emitting elements,
wherein at least one of the first light emitting elements is disposed at a position of the longest path length of the path and configured to emit light to a medium,
wherein at least one of the second light emitting elements is disposed at a position of the shortest path length of the path and is configured to prevent light emitted by said at least one of the second light emitting elements from entering the medium,
wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) elements,
wherein the one or more first light emitting elements each has a non-shielded light emission aperture and the one or more second light emitting elements each has a shielded light emission aperture,
wherein the medium is an optical transmission path configured to transmit light, and the light emitting element array is disposed such that light emitted from the light emitting element array enters the optical transmission path,
wherein the optical transmission path includes a core configured to propagate the light, and
wherein the one or more first light emitting elements are disposed at positions that are closer to a center of the core than the one or more second light emitting elements.

2. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
wherein the plurality of light emitting elements includes three or more light emitting elements, and
wherein the one or more first light emitting elements include a plurality of the first light emitting elements.

3. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
wherein the plurality of light emitting elements includes three or more light emitting elements, and
wherein the one or more second light emitting elements are disposed at positions other than the position of the longest path length.

4. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the second light emitting elements are disposed at the positions of the shortest path length.

5. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the first light emitting elements are disposed at the positions of the longest path length.

6. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein all of the one or more second light emitting elements are disposed at positions that are closer to the terminal than all of the one or more first light emitting elements on the wiring.

7. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first light emitting element is disposed such that the light emitted from the first light emitting element enters the optical transmission path, and
wherein the second light emitting element is disposed such that an optical axis of the light emitted from the second light emitting element deviates from an optical axis of the optical transmission path.

8. An optical transmission device comprising:
a light emitting element array comprising a plurality of light emitting elements connected in parallel to each other by a wiring connected to a terminal that supplies a current, each of the light emitting elements being disposed at a position of a predetermined path length along a path of the current flowing from the terminal through the wiring, the plurality of light emitting elements including, in a mixed form, one or more first light emitting elements and one or more second light emitting elements,
wherein at least one of the first light emitting elements is disposed at a position of the longest path length of the path and configured to emit light to a medium, and
wherein at least one of the second light emitting elements is disposed at a position of the shortest path length of the path and is configured to prevent light emitted by said at least one of the second light emitting elements from entering the medium,
wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) elements,
wherein the one or more first light emitting elements each has a non-shielded light emission aperture and the one or more second light emitting elements each has a shielded light emission aperture,
wherein the medium is an optical transmission path configured to transmit light, and the light emitting element array is disposed such that light emitted from the light emitting element array enters the optical transmission path, and
wherein the optical transmission path is a multi-mode fiber having a core diameter of about 100 μm or less.

9. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical transmission path is a multi-mode fiber having a core diameter of about 100 μm or less.

10. The optical transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the optical transmission path is a multi-mode fiber having a core diameter of about 100 μm or less.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hayakawa Junichiro
• Murakami Akemi
• Nakayama Hideo
• Otsuka Tsutomu

Classifications

• H01S5/423 Primary

  having a vertical cavity · CPC title

• G02B6/4202

  for coupling an active element with fibres without intermediate optical elements, e.g. fibres with plane ends, fibres with shaped ends, bundles · CPC title

• G02B6/0073

  Light emitting diode [LED] · CPC title

• G02B6/43

  Arrangements comprising a plurality of opto-electronic elements and associated optical interconnections · CPC title

• G02B6/02076

  Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings · CPC title