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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/025 (2013.01); G02F 2201/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
The optical modulator includes a lower cladding layer formed on a substrate, a core formed on the lower cladding layer, and an upper cladding layer formed on the core. The core is made of an InP-based semiconductor having a bandgap corresponding to a desired wavelength. Refractive indexes of the lower cladding layer and upper cladding layer are equal to or less than a refractive index of InP.