Patent ID: 9720172
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02F,H04B

Claim:
1. An optical modulator comprising: a waveguide configured to guide an optical signal; a Hyperuniform Disordered Solid (“HUDS”) structure formed by walled cells organized in a lattice, wherein the lattice includes a semiconductor material, and wherein each of the walled cells surrounds a fill material that differs from a material that forms the walled cells, and further wherein a first index of refraction of the fill material and a second index of refraction of the material that forms the walled cells have an oppositely-signed dependence of index of refraction on temperature; a first electrical contact coupled to a first doping region within the semiconductor material; a second electrical contact coupled to a second doping region within the semiconductor material; and a resonant structure, wherein the first and second doping regions are disposed to modulate an index of refraction of the resonant structure in response to a modulation signal across the first and second electrical contacts, and wherein modulating the index of refraction of the resonant structure modulates the optical signal propagating through the waveguide.