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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2012
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.


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Earnshaw, Mark. (2014). Low-cost fast variable optical attenuator for optical wavelength tracking (U.S. Patent No. 8634691). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8634691

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