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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
Douglas M. Gill, South Orange, NJ (US);
Mahmoud Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Douglas M. Gill, South Orange, NJ (US);
Mahmoud Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus includes an optical splitter, an optical intensity combiner, first and second Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and first and second drive electrodes. The first Mach-Zehnder interferometer connects a first optical output of the optical intensity splitter to a first optical input of the optical intensity combiner. The second Mach-Zehnder interferometer connects a second optical output of the optical intensity splitter to a second optical input of the optical intensity combiner. The first drive electrode is located between and connected to a pair of semiconductor junctions along first internal optical arms of the Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The second drive electrode is located between and connected to a pair of semiconductor junctions along second internal optical arms of the Mach-Zehnder interferometers.