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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
William K. Burns, Alexandria, VA (US);
Codeon Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
An electrically tunable optical modulator includes a substrate having an electrooptical effect, an optical waveguide having first, second, and third cascading portions in the substrate, and transmitting an optical field, a first coplanar waveguide electrode having a first part over the first cascading portion and second and third parts extending beyond the first cascading portion, a second coplanar waveguide electrode having a fourth part over the second cascading portion and fifth and sixth parts extending beyond the second cascading portion, a third coplanar waveguide electrode having a seventh part over the third cascading portion and eighth and ninth parts extending beyond the third cascading portion, a fourth coplanar waveguide electrode, a fifth coplanar waveguide electrode formed between the first and second coplanar waveguide electrodes, respectively, a sixth coplanar waveguide electrode formed between the second and third coplanar waveguide electrodes, and a seventh coplanar waveguide electrode.