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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Take, Hong Kong, CN;
Kenji Nagase, Hong Kong, CN;
Anthony Reymund Melad Binarao, Hong Kong, CN;
Cheng Bu Heng, Hong Kong, CN;
TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical modulators is disclosed. The optical modulator includes a substrate, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, a signal electrode formed on the optical waveguide via a first buffer layer and applying a modulation signal to the optical waveguide, and a bias electrode formed on the optical waveguide via a second buffer layer and applying a DC bias to the optical waveguide, the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer are formed in such a way that either one of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer covers an end surface of the other one of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer at a boundary part of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer. Accordingly, an optical modulator with high reliability can be provided.