Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magneto-optical light modulator
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Application No.: US16327434Application Date: 2017-08-22
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Publication No.: US11022827B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Annette Bussmann-Holder , Jürgen Köhler , Gennady Logvenov , Arndt Simon , Krystian Roleder
- Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
- Current Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: EP16187081 20160902
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/071105 WO 20170822
- International Announcement: WO2018/041666 WO 20180308
- Main IPC: G02F1/09
- IPC: G02F1/09 ; C30B29/24 ; G02F1/00 ; G02F1/01

Abstract:
The invention relates to a magneto-optical light modulator (100) for modulating light based on a physical property provided as an input to the modulator (100), the modulator (100) comprising a substrate (114) with a region of material (130) comprising a film of Eu(1-x)Sr(x)MO3 (112), an optical waveguide (106; 108) adapted for directing light through the region of material (130) and a first control unit, the first control unit being adapted to—maintain the region of material (130) at a constant predefined temperature in case the physical property is an input magnetic field subject to the region of material (130) or—maintain the region of material (130) subjected to a constant predefined magnetic field in case the physical property is an input temperature of the region of material (130), the light modulator (100) being adapted to perform the modulation of the light using the birefringence of the region of material (130), the birefringence depending on the physical property.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190196232A1 MAGNETO-OPTICAL LIGHT MODULATOR Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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