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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Daniel Yap, Newbury Park, CA (US);
James H. Schaffner, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Daniel F. Sievenpiper, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kevin Geary, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Willie W. NG, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Daniel J. Gregoire, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Joseph S. Colburn, Malibu, CA (US);
Daniel Yap, Newbury Park, CA (US);
James H. Schaffner, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Daniel F. Sievenpiper, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kevin Geary, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Willie W. Ng, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Daniel J. Gregoire, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Joseph S. Colburn, Malibu, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for modulating an optical carrier by an incident electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field propagates in a dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide, At least one slice of an electro-optic material is disposed in the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide, the electro-optic material in the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide having at least one optical waveguide therein which has at least a major portion thereof guiding light in a direction orthogonal with respect to a direction in which the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide guides the incident electromagnetic field. Light is caused to propagate in the at least one optical waveguide in the at least one slice of an electro-optic material in the dielectric-filled transverse electromagnetic waveguide for modulation by the incident electromagnetic field.