GB2557694B - Optical modulators - Google Patents

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GB2557694B
GB2557694B GB1703716.9A GB201703716A GB2557694B GB 2557694 B GB2557694 B GB 2557694B GB 201703716 A GB201703716 A GB 201703716A GB 2557694 B GB2557694 B GB 2557694B
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Singh Nagra Amit
Abediasl Hooman
Kai See Poon Joyce
Yong Zheng
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    • 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
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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
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    • 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
    • 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
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
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    • H04B10/50—Transmitters
    • H04B10/501—Structural aspects
    • H04B10/503—Laser transmitters
    • H04B10/505—Laser transmitters using external modulation
    • H04B10/5051—Laser transmitters using external modulation using a series, i.e. cascade, combination of modulators
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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
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    • G02F1/0157—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 modulating the optical absorption using electro-absorption effects, e.g. Franz-Keldysh [FK] effect or quantum confined stark effect [QCSE]
    • 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
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/50—Transmitters
    • H04B10/516—Details of coding or modulation
    • H04B10/524—Pulse modulation

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  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
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  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
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  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
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PCT/EP2017/083028 WO2018122006A1 (en) 2016-12-15 2017-12-15 Electro-optic modulators
CN201780038875.2A CN109477983B (en) 2016-12-15 2017-12-15 Electro-optic modulator

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US20160103382A1 (en) * 2014-10-09 2016-04-14 Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur Methods and devices for photonic m-ary pulse amplitude modulation
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EP3046275A1 (en) * 2015-01-16 2016-07-20 Luxtera, Inc. Method and system for a distributed optical transmitter with local domain splitting

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US5917642A (en) * 1996-09-23 1999-06-29 Integrated Optical Components Limited Optical modulator
US20100060972A1 (en) * 2008-09-08 2010-03-11 Daniel Kucharski Method and circuit for encoding multi-level pulse amplitude modulated signals using integrated optoelectronic devices
US20160103382A1 (en) * 2014-10-09 2016-04-14 Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur Methods and devices for photonic m-ary pulse amplitude modulation
WO2016094808A1 (en) * 2014-12-12 2016-06-16 Cisco Technology, Inc. Electro-optic modulator termination
EP3046275A1 (en) * 2015-01-16 2016-07-20 Luxtera, Inc. Method and system for a distributed optical transmitter with local domain splitting

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