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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Openlight Photonics, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Silvio Guzzon, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Erik Norberg, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Jonathan Edgar Roth, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

OpenLight Photonics, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/025 (2006.01); G02F 1/015 (2006.01); G02F 1/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/025 (2013.01); G02F 1/0063 (2013.01); G02F 1/011 (2013.01); G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); G02F 1/0155 (2021.01); G02F 1/212 (2021.01);
Abstract

Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to utilize an electro-optic modulator including one or more heating elements. The modulator can utilize one or more heating elements to control an absorption or phase shift of the modulated optical signal. At least the active region of the modulator and the one or more heating elements of the modulator are included in a thermal isolation region comprising a low thermal conductivity to thermally isolate the active region and the one or more heating elements from a substrate of the PIC.


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