Optical waveguides – Temporal optical modulation within an optical waveguide
Patent
1995-03-27
1996-04-09
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
Temporal optical modulation within an optical waveguide
385 2, 385 23, G02F 101
Patent
active
055069193
ABSTRACT:
An optical waveguide modulator for modulating an optical beam is described. The modulator includes a substrate and a waveguide formed in or on the substrate. A plurality of conductive membranes which define an array each being effective in a first position to be spaced from the waveguide and located along the waveguide, and in a second position to be closer to or to engage the waveguide so that when in the second position, the optical absorption properties of the waveguide changes.
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Eastman Kodak Company
Lee John D.
Owens Raymond L.
Palmer Phan T. H.
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