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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/21 (2006.01); G02F 1/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/212 (2021.01); G02F 1/2257 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulator includes input side lead-out lines, phase modulation electrode lines, output side lead-out lines, electrodes that apply modulation signals propagating through the phase modulation electrode lines to respective waveguides, and ground lines. Furthermore, at least one n-type semiconductor layer or p-type semiconductor layer is formed between a substrate and a dielectric layer in a lower layer under the output side lead-out lines intermittently along the output side lead-out lines.