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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2012
Applicants:

Ryouichi Akimoto, Ibaraki, JP;

Shinichirou Gozu, Ibaraki, JP;

Teruo Mozume, Ibaraki, JP;

Hiroshi Ishikawa, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventors:

Ryouichi Akimoto, Ibaraki, JP;

Shinichirou Gozu, Ibaraki, JP;

Teruo Mozume, Ibaraki, JP;

Hiroshi Ishikawa, Ibaraki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/035 (2006.01); G02F 1/295 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02F 1/017 (2006.01); G02F 1/225 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G02F 1/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01708 (2013.01); G02F 1/2257 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02F 2001/01733 (2013.01); G02F 2001/01775 (2013.01); G02F 2001/212 (2013.01); G02F 2001/215 (2013.01); G02F 2203/48 (2013.01);
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to realize an optical gate switch of a monolithic integration type which can avoid problems of losses caused by light coupling of a phase modulation unit to a interferometer optical circuit unit, and can be minimized by integration. The optical gate switch according to the present invention includes an optical waveguide wafer in which a quantum well having a phase modulation effect which is generated by an intersubband transition is set as a core layer; a Michelson interferometer formed on the optical waveguide wafer; and a variable light intensity attenuation unit adjusting a light balance of an interferometer in one of reflection side arms of the Michelson interferometer reflection.


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