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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9613 ; 350 9612 ; 350 9614 ; 350377 ; 350355 ;
Abstract
An optical waveguide device is disclosed which utilizes an interaction between a guided optical wave and a magnetostatic wave. The optical waveguide device comprises a layer of bismuth substituted magnetic garnet which guides an optical wave. A pair of electrodes coupled to the layer of the magnetic garnet generates a magnetostatic backward volume wave in the layer of the magnetic garnet under an application of a certain bias magnetic field. The guided optical wave and the magnetostatic wave interact with each other wherein adverse effect caused by a spin effect is avoided to realize high efficiency at high frequency.