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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2007
Shih-yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Corzine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wei Wu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alex Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shih-Yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Corzine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wei Wu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alex Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to nanowire-based modulators that can be used to encode information in a carrier channel of electromagnetic radiation. In one embodiment of the present invention, the modulator includes a waveguide configured to transmit one or more channels of electromagnetic radiation. The modulator includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal are positioned on opposite sides of the waveguide. The modulator also includes a number of nanowires, wherein each nanowire interconnects the first terminal to the second terminal and a portion of each nanowire is operatively coupled to the waveguide. The nanowires modulate the one or more channels when an electrical signal of appreciable magnitude is applied to the first terminal and the second terminal.