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Method for wavelength compensation in semiconductor photonic IC

US6274398A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1999
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/2077
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor photonic integrated circuit comprising at least a laser and a modulator connected optically to one another. Each laser and modulator has a waveguide layer being implemented on a single substrate, where said modulator is formed by use of a selective area growth technique. By providing modulator masking parts with selectable width to compensate a difference in band-gap energy in the waveguide layer between the laser and the modulator a approximate uniform difference in band-gap energy between the optically connected laser and modulator may be obtained.

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