Patent ID: 9261717
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G02F

Claim Text:
1. An electro-optic modulator comprising: a substrate comprising a top surface; a waveguide formed in the top surface and comprising a Y-shaped incident member, a Y-shaped output member, a first connection member, and a second connection member, the Y-shaped incident member comprising an incident portion, a first incident branch, and a second incident branch, the Y-shaped output member comprising an output portion, a first output branch, and a second output branch; the first connection member comprising a first non-modulated branch and a first modulated branch, the second connection member comprising a second non-modulated branch and a second modulated branch, the first non-modulated branch and the first modulated branch interconnected between the first incident branch and the first output branch in parallel, the second non-modulated branch and the second modulated branch interconnected between the second incident branch and the second output branch in parallel; a pair of first modulating electrode comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, arranged at opposite sides of the first modulated branch; and a pair of second modulating electrode comprising a third electrode and a fourth electrode arranged at opposite sides of the second modulated branch; wherein the electro-optic modulator defines a central axis E, a central axis of the waveguide coincides with the central axis E, structures of the waveguide on opposite sides of the central axis E are symmetrical; and wherein the first connection member further comprises a first branching portion and a first converging portion, the first non-modulated branch is substantially parallel to the first modulated branch, the first branching portion and the first converging portion obliquely connect the first modulated branch to the first incident branch and to the first output branch, respectively, and the first modulated branch, the first branching portion, the first non-modulated branch, and the first converging portion cooperatively form a trapezoid.