Current tuned Mach-Zehnder optical attenuator

Details Current tuned Mach-Zehnder optical attenuator Current tuned Mach-Zehnder optical attenuator

2005-04-19

2005-04-19

Ullah, Akm Enayet (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Directional optical modulation within an optical waveguide

Electro-optic

C385S002000, C385S131000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06882758

ABSTRACT:
A current tuned optical attenuator includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer that relies on the creation of free carriers to create a phase difference in an optical signals along two waveguide arms.

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