Optical waveguide modulator
US10466567B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F2201/126
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dual-differential optical modulator includes two optical waveguide arms, each including one or more phase modulating p/n junctions. The p/n junctions in each waveguide arm are electrically coupled between a same pair of single-ended transmission lines so as to be differentially push-pull modulated when the transmission line pair is connected to a differential driver. Either cathode or anode electrodes of the p/n junctions are AC coupled to the transmission lines and DC biased independently on the transmission line signals.
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