GB2305512B - Optical modulator - Google Patents

Optical modulator

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GB2305512B
GB2305512B GB9619638A GB9619638A GB2305512B GB 2305512 B GB2305512 B GB 2305512B GB 9619638 A GB9619638 A GB 9619638A GB 9619638 A GB9619638 A GB 9619638A GB 2305512 B GB2305512 B GB 2305512B
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optical modulator
modulator
optical
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GB9619638D0 (en
Inventor
Adrian Charles O'donnell
Pisu Jiang
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Integrated Optical Components Ltd
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Integrated Optical Components Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/21—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  by interference
    • G02F1/225—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  by interference in an optical waveguide structure
GB9619638A 1995-09-25 1996-09-20 Optical modulator Expired - Fee Related GB2305512B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GBGB9519497.3A GB9519497D0 (en) 1995-09-25 1995-09-25 Optical modulator

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GB9619638D0 GB9619638D0 (en) 1996-11-06
GB2305512A GB2305512A (en) 1997-04-09
GB2305512B true GB2305512B (en) 1999-03-17

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GB9619638A Expired - Fee Related GB2305512B (en) 1995-09-25 1996-09-20 Optical modulator

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US6795594B2 (en) * 2002-10-03 2004-09-21 Nortel Networks Limited Duobinary modulation scheme for a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator

Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4288785A (en) * 1979-05-23 1981-09-08 Thomson-Csf Light intensity modulator with digital control and a digital-analog converter comprising such a modulator
US5303079A (en) * 1992-04-09 1994-04-12 At&T Bell Laboratories Tunable chirp, lightwave modulator for dispersion compensation

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4288785A (en) * 1979-05-23 1981-09-08 Thomson-Csf Light intensity modulator with digital control and a digital-analog converter comprising such a modulator
US5303079A (en) * 1992-04-09 1994-04-12 At&T Bell Laboratories Tunable chirp, lightwave modulator for dispersion compensation

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GB9519497D0 (en) 1995-11-29
CA2186191A1 (en) 1997-03-24
GB2305512A (en) 1997-04-09
GB9619638D0 (en) 1996-11-06

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