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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Mark P. Earnshaw, Morristown, NJ (US);
Mahmoud S. Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Mark P. Earnshaw, Morristown, NJ (US);
Mahmoud S. Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Variable optical attenuator (VOA) formed by disposing upon a substrate a waveguide, a p-type region and an n-type region about the waveguide, and an epi-silicon region disposed upon the waveguide, the VOA responsive to a bias current to controllably inject carriers into the waveguide to attenuate thereby optical signal propagating through the waveguide.