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	A multimode interference (MMI) device
	LAM, YEE LOY; CHAN, YUEN CHUEN; WU, JIANQING; DOWD, PHILIP
	2003-05-07
著作权人	NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
专利号	EP1308772A2
国家	欧洲专利局
文献子类	发明申请
其他题名	A multimode interference (MMI) device
英文摘要	In the present invention, there is provided an optical device comprising a multimode interference (MMI) optical waveguide section (12) having a number of electrodes (14,15) extending over at least a portion of the length of the MMI section, where the application of an electrical bias to an electrode causes a local change in effective refractive index of the MMI section, thereby causing light preferentially to propagate along a path defined by the configuration of said electrode. Whereas current injection has been demonstrated in the prior art, the present invention operates by the application of a reverse bias electric field, via suitably shaped electrodes, to locally increase the refractive index within part of the device. Thus the electrodes on the device are used to create new wave guiding paths, rather than to minimise mode coupling to crossover states, as is the case with prior art devices. The shape and extent of the induced waveguides can be controlled by the shape of the electrodes. Furthermore, by applying known techniques, electrodes can be designed which slow the speed of propagation of the controlling microwave signal, so as to match its speed to that of the optical signal confined in the induced waveguide. This permits much faster operation of the device and correspondingly higher frequency of signal modulation or switching.
公开日期	2003-05-07
申请日期	2002-10-31
状态	失效
内容类型	专利
源URL	[http://ir.opt.ac.cn/handle/181661/52902]
专题	半导体激光器专利数据库
作者单位	NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	LAM, YEE LOY,CHAN, YUEN CHUEN,WU, JIANQING,et al. A multimode interference (MMI) device. EP1308772A2. 2003-05-07.

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