Optical modulator
US5074631A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F2201/127
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer type modulator, constructed of first and second optical waveguides, first and second electrodes cooperating with the same, and a driving voltage source, wherein a driving voltage source is constructed of first and second driving units which drive independently the first and second electrodes in accordance with a data input and wherein the first and second driving units apply first and second driving voltages, individually determined, to the first and second electrodes.
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