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Resonant-based photonic intensity modulators integrated with fully etched thin-film lithium niobate waveguides

Patent ·
OSTI ID:2221948
An apparatus such as an optical modulator includes a buried oxide layer is disposed on a substrate. A microring resonator and an optical waveguide are disposed on the buried oxide layer and within a bonded semiconductor layer. The optical waveguide is optically coupled to the microring resonator and inputs a first optical wave into the microring resonator. An oxide layer is deposited on top of the optical waveguide and the microring resonator. A set of electrodes is disposed adjacent to the microring resonator, and in response to an electrical signal, the set of electrodes modulates the first optical wave into a modulated optical wave of transverse magnetic polarization within the microring resonator and outputs the modulated optical wave to the optical waveguide.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Number(s):
11,693,180
Application Number:
17/377,305
OSTI ID:
2221948
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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