Optical waveguides – Temporal optical modulation within an optical waveguide – Electro-optic
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-29
2005-03-29
Lee, Michael G. (Department: 2876)
Optical waveguides
Temporal optical modulation within an optical waveguide
Electro-optic
C385S129000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06873749
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to optical devices and, more particularly, to optical waveguide devices in which characteristics of a light signal are modulated or changed in accordance with an applied electric field. Conventionally, in such devices, such as, for example, a Mach-Zehnder modulator, DC drift problems, as are well known within the art, must be surmounted if the optical device is to meet minimum performance criteria. Suitably the present invention provides a layer of an oxide of silicon, preferably substantially, free of metallic impurities, where the ratio of oxygen to silicon is greater than 2 and is preferably greater than or equal to 2.2.
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Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
Franklin Jamara A.
JDS Uniphase Corporation
Lee Michael G.
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