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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
The Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
David Heim, McLean, VA (US);
Henry Wen, McLean, VA (US);
Mark Dong, McLean, VA (US);
Hugo Larocque, McLean, VA (US);
Andrew Leenheer, McLean, VA (US);
Gerald Gilbert, McLean, VA (US);
Matthew Eichenfield, McLean, VA (US);
Mikkel Heuck, McLean, VA (US);
Dirk Englund, McLean, VA (US);
The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a photonic modulator and methods for controlling a photonic modulator that can control the phase and/or amplitude of photons being transmitted through the modulator to minimize photonic loss while remaining power efficient and operating at high speeds. The photonic modulator can include a substrate with a pair of piezoelectric cantilevers spaced apart from one another by a gap, with a photonic waveguide disposed in the substrate that extends across the modulator and bridges the gap between the piezoelectric cantilevers. In one or more examples, the piezoelectric cantilevers can be configured to move away from the substrate in response to an electrical signal, such that a refractive index of the photonic waveguide is altered.