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Electro-optic device

US5189713A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 1990
Grant dateFeb 23, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2203/21
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In electro-optic waveguide devices such as directional couplers and Mach-Zehnder interferometers having travelling-wave electrodes which overlie the waveguides, temperature sensitivity is reduced by arranging the ground plane electrode to overlie only part of the width of its associated waveguide portion. The invention has particular application to z-cut lithium niobate.

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