Nanotube electro-optical component, optronic or optical link-based hybrid integrated circuit integrating this component, and method of fabrication
US9568671B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P70/50
- WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A photonic component is provided including at least one linear optical waveguide, of which an active portion is surrounded over all or part of its periphery by a grouping of one or more essentially semiconducting nanotubes. These nanotubes interact with their exterior environment in an active zone extending on either side of the optical waveguide, to thus induce an optical coupling between an electrical or optical signal applied to the nanotubes and on the other hand an optical signal in the active portion of the waveguide. Such a component can carry out bipolar electro-optical functions as light source, or modulator or detector, inside the optical guide, for example with an electro-optical coupling between on the one hand an electrical signal applied between the electrodes, and on the other hand an optical signal emitted or modified in the active portion of the optical waveguide towards the remainder of the optical guide.
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