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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Po Dong, Arcadia, CA (US);
Dazeng Feng, Arcadia, CA (US);
Shirong Liao, Mira Loma, CA (US);
Mehdi Asghari, San Marino, CA (US);
Po Dong, Arcadia, CA (US);
Dazeng Feng, Arcadia, CA (US);
Shirong Liao, Mira Loma, CA (US);
Mehdi Asghari, San Marino, CA (US);
Kotura, Inc., Monterey Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical device includes a light-transmitting medium positioned on a base. The light-transmitting medium includes a slab region and a ridge extending upward from the slab region. The ridge defines a portion of an optical waveguide on the device. A modulator is also positioned on the base. The modulator includes a first doped region of the light-transmitting medium and a second doped region of the light-transmitting medium. The first doped region and the second doped region are configured such that a depletion region forms in the waveguide when an electrical bias is not applied to the modulator. At least a portion of the first doped region is positioned in the ridge and at least a portion of the second doped region is positioned in the slab region. The light-transmitting medium includes a first electrical pathway extending from a first location to the first doped region. The first location is on top of the light-transmitting medium and is spaced apart from the ridge.