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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Douglas M. Gill, South Orange, NJ (US);
Mahmoud Rasras, New Providence, NJ (US);
Sanjay Patel, New Providence, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Douglas M. Gill, South Orange, NJ (US);
Mahmoud Rasras, New Providence, NJ (US);
Sanjay Patel, New Providence, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Optical modulator devices exhibiting improved response characteristics are constructed from a ring resonator having a tunable loss element positioned within the ring resonator structure and one or more phase shifters. By tuning and/or controlling the loss within the resonator, desired modulator response characteristics are obtained.