GB2306773B - Optical modulator - Google Patents

Optical modulator

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Publication number
GB2306773B
GB2306773B GB9621073A GB9621073A GB2306773B GB 2306773 B GB2306773 B GB 2306773B GB 9621073 A GB9621073 A GB 9621073A GB 9621073 A GB9621073 A GB 9621073A GB 2306773 B GB2306773 B GB 2306773B
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optical modulator
modulator
optical
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Expired - Lifetime
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GB9621073A
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GB9621073D0 (en
GB2306773A (en
Inventor
Andrew James Shields
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Toshiba Europe Ltd
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Toshiba Cambridge Research Centre Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB9521401A external-priority patent/GB2300300B/en
Application filed by Toshiba Cambridge Research Centre Ltd filed Critical Toshiba Cambridge Research Centre Ltd
Priority to GB9806675A priority Critical patent/GB2321340B/en
Publication of GB9621073D0 publication Critical patent/GB9621073D0/en
Publication of GB2306773A publication Critical patent/GB2306773A/en
Priority to GB9721489A priority patent/GB2318211B/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • 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 
    • G02F1/015—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  based on semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction
    • G02F1/017—Structures with periodic or quasi periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices, quantum wells
    • G02F1/01708—Structures with periodic or quasi periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices, quantum wells in an optical wavequide structure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B2006/12035—Materials
    • G02B2006/12078—Gallium arsenide or alloys (GaAs, GaAlAs, GaAsP, GaInAs)
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B2006/12133—Functions
    • G02B2006/12142—Modulator

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
GB9621073A 1995-10-20 1996-10-09 Optical modulator Expired - Lifetime GB2306773B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9806675A GB2321340B (en) 1995-10-20 1996-10-09 Optical modulator
GB9721489A GB2318211B (en) 1996-10-09 1997-10-09 Optical waveguide structure

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9521401A GB2300300B (en) 1995-04-26 1995-10-20 Semiconductor device and method for its operation

Publications (3)

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GB9621073D0 GB9621073D0 (en) 1996-11-27
GB2306773A GB2306773A (en) 1997-05-07
GB2306773B true GB2306773B (en) 1999-01-27

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2386965B (en) * 2002-03-27 2005-09-07 Bookham Technology Plc Electro-optic modulators

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0460793A1 (en) * 1990-06-05 1991-12-11 AT&T Corp. Buried channel heterojunction field effect transistor
US5329137A (en) * 1991-07-17 1994-07-12 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Integrated total internal reflection optical switch utilizing charge storage in a quantum well
EP0645858A2 (en) * 1993-09-28 1995-03-29 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Strained quantum well structure having variable polarization dependence and optical device inducing the strained quantum well structure
GB2300299A (en) * 1995-04-26 1996-10-30 Toshiba Cambridge Res Center Operation of a semiconductor device

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0460793A1 (en) * 1990-06-05 1991-12-11 AT&T Corp. Buried channel heterojunction field effect transistor
US5329137A (en) * 1991-07-17 1994-07-12 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Integrated total internal reflection optical switch utilizing charge storage in a quantum well
EP0645858A2 (en) * 1993-09-28 1995-03-29 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Strained quantum well structure having variable polarization dependence and optical device inducing the strained quantum well structure
GB2300299A (en) * 1995-04-26 1996-10-30 Toshiba Cambridge Res Center Operation of a semiconductor device
GB2300300A (en) * 1995-04-26 1996-10-30 Toshiba Cambridge Res Center Semiconductor optical modulator device and method for its operation

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Expiry date: 20161008