Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Particular coupling structure
Patent
1996-03-08
1997-12-02
Palmer, Phan T. H.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Particular coupling structure
385 3, 385 4, 359248, G02B 626
Patent
active
056945043
ABSTRACT:
A MQW semiconductor Mach Zehnder phase modulator is formed by two Y-junctions (12, 32), each having a single waveguide (14) optically coupled with two branch waveguides (18, 20). The branch waveguides of the two Y-juntions are optically coupled in Mach-Zehnder configuration that, under zero bias conditions, has one interferometric arm longer than the other to provide a .pi. phase shift. The additional length is preferably accommodated in the branches of the Y-junctions. The phase shift, in combination with voltage dependent absorption properties and non-linear phase variations of the MQW guided regions in the Mach-Zehnder modulator results in a negative chirp and high extinction ratio for an equal, push-pull device configuration.
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Gibbon Mark Acton
Rolland Claude
Thompson George Horace Brook
Yevick David Owen
Yu Jun
Northern Telecom Limited
Palmer Phan T. H.
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