US Patent Application 20120003767 - OPTICAL MODULATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
InventorsAssigneeUS Classes438/31, Optical waveguide structure385/2, Electro-optic438/29, Including integrally formed optical element (e.g., reflective layer, luminescent material, contoured surface, etc.)438/22, MAKING DEVICE OR CIRCUIT EMISSIVE OF NONELECTRICAL SIGNAL257/E33.073Refractive means (e.g., lens) (EPO)Foreign Documents
International ClassesG02F 1/025H01L 33/00 Abstract textAn optical modulator according to the present invention is configured at least by a semiconductor layer subjected to a doping process so as to exhibit a first conductivity type, and a semiconductor layer subjected to a doping process so as to exhibit a second conductivity type. Further, in the optical modulator, at least the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer, the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a transparent electrode optically transparent in at least a near-infrared wavelength region are laminated in order. |
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