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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kuei-Ru Chien, Cerritos, CA (US);
Robin A Reeder, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359245 ; 359249 ; 359247 ; 359254 ;
Abstract
An improved electro-optic modulator having reduced amplitude of acoustic resonances is provided. Acoustic energy is efficiently removed from the electro-optic crystal and channeled into electrode and side dielectric bars where it is dissipated by materials acoustically matched to the electro-optic crystal, that is, materials that have acoustic impedances within .+-.15% of that of the electro-optic material.