Thermo-optic semiconductor device
US6849914B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/0147
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A thermo-optic semiconductor device has one semiconductor region providing an optical waveguide and an adjacent semiconductor region providing a resistive heater between two doped regions, current may be passed through the resistive heater within the adjacent semiconductor region to heat it and thereby vary the optical characteristics of the waveguide.
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