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Optical modulator including grapene

US9360689B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Ming Liu · Riverside, US
Xiaobo Yin · Boulder, US
Xiang Zhang · 丈亭镇, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2013
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02F2202/02
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides for a one or more layer graphene optical modulator. In a first exemplary embodiment the optical modulator includes an optical waveguide, a nanoscale oxide spacer adjacent to a working region of the waveguide, and a monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to the spacer. In a second exemplary embodiment, the optical modulator includes at least one pair of active media, where the pair includes an oxide spacer, a first monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to a first side of the spacer, and a second monolayer graphene sheet adjacent to a second side of the spacer, and at least one optical waveguide adjacent to the pair.

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