Patent attributes
The delay demodulation device 1 comprises an input waveguide 2 which receives DQPSK signals; a Y-branch waveguide 3 which splits the light waveguide 2; a first Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) 4; and a second Mach-Zehnder interferometer 5. Both ends of the arm-waveguides 8, 9 of the MZI 4 and the both ends of the arm-waveguides 12, 13 of the MZI 5 are bent toward the center portion of the planar lightwave circuit (PLC) 1A. Thereby, the length of the arm-waveguides 8, 9 of the MZI 4 and the length of the arm-waveguides of the MZI 5 are shortened in the Z-direction. And, the length of the input couplers 6, 10 and the output couplers 7, 11 of the MZIs 4, 5 are shortened in the Z-direction. Therefore, the area covered by the MZIs 4, 5 can be made smaller.
