Patent attributes
An optical device is disclosed which suppresses a bias shift which is a deviation of a phase relationship between output signal light and monitoring light. The optical device includes a substrate having an electro-optic effect, a modulating optical waveguide formed on a surface layer portion of the substrate and forming an interference optical modulator for modulating input light, and an output optical waveguide and a monitoring optical waveguide each formed on the surface layer portion of the substrate and branched from and connected to a downstream side portion of the modulating optical waveguide. The monitoring optical waveguide guides light for monitoring optical modulation operation of the modulating optical waveguide. The monitoring optical waveguide has a reduced width region which has a reduced waveguide width.
