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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2019
Fujitsu Optical Components Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Ohmori, Sapporo, JP;
Yoshinobu Kubota, Yokohama, JP;
Masaharu Doi, Sapporo, JP;
Shintaro Takeuchi, Sapporo, JP;
Yoshihiko Yoshida, Sapporo, JP;
FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An optical modulator includes an optical waveguide of a ridge type formed of a thin film of a dielectric material having an electro-optic effect over a substrate, a buffer layer covering the optical waveguide, and a signal electrode provided over the optical waveguide via the buffer layer, wherein a width of the signal electrode is greater than a ridge width of the optical waveguide and wherein the signal electrode covers at least one of sidewalls of a ridge of the optical waveguide.