Invention Grant
US09140957B2 Mach-Zehnder modulator arrangement and method for operating a Mach-Zehnder modulator arrangement
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Mach-Zehnder调制器装置和操作Mach-Zehnder调制器装置的方法
- Patent Title: Mach-Zehnder modulator arrangement and method for operating a Mach-Zehnder modulator arrangement
- Patent Title (中): Mach-Zehnder调制器装置和操作Mach-Zehnder调制器装置的方法
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Application No.: US14371978Application Date: 2013-01-10
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Publication No.: US09140957B2Publication Date: 2015-09-22
- Inventor: Karl-Otto Velthaus
- Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- Applicant Address: DE München
- Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- Current Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE München
- Agency: Maschoff Brennan
- Priority: EP12150995 20120112
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/050405 WO 20130110
- International Announcement: WO2013/104716 WO 20130718
- Main IPC: G02F1/035
- IPC: G02F1/035 ; G02F1/225 ; G02F1/25 ; G02F1/01 ; G02F1/21

Abstract:
An electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulator arrangement includes first and second optical waveguides forming, respectively, first and second arms of the Mach-Zehnder modulator. An electrode arrangement includes a first waveguide electrode output port coupled to the first waveguide electrodes a second waveguide electrode arranged on top of a capacitive segment of the first and the second optical waveguides, respectively, such that a voltage can be applied across the capacitive segments of the first and second optical waveguide. At least one driver unit supplies a voltage to the electrode arrangement. The driver unit includes first and second output ports coupled, respectively, to the first and second waveguide electrodes. The driver unit supplies first and second varying signals to the first and second waveguide electrodes via the first and second output ports, respectively. A non-grounded conductive region connects the capacitive segments of the first and second optical waveguides to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140355926A1 MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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