Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electro-optic modulator, microwave photonic link including an electro-optic modulator, and method of communicating a signal with an electro-optic modulator
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Application No.: US15550337Application Date: 2016-02-12
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Publication No.: US10345674B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Christopher T. Middlebrook , Arash Hosseinzadeh
- Applicant: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: US MI Houghton
- Assignee: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Houghton
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/017649 WO 20160212
- International Announcement: WO2016/130872 WO 20160818
- Main IPC: G02B6/00
- IPC: G02B6/00 ; G02F1/225 ; G02B6/293 ; H04B10/50 ; G02F1/21

Abstract:
An electro-optic modulator coupled to an optical source providing an optical power and a radio frequency source providing a radio frequency power. The electro-optic modulator includes a waveguide to receive the optical power, a first ring resonator modulator, and a second ring resonator modulator. The first ring resonator modulator and the second ring resonator modulator receives the radio frequency power, and are coupled to the waveguide for modulating the optical power with the radio frequency power. The first ring resonator modulator and the second ring resonator modulator, with the waveguide, substantially suppress third order intermodulation distortion of a combined power. Also disclosed are a microwave photonic link having the electro-optic modulator and a method of communicating a signal with the electro-optic modulator.
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