Patent ID: 9664931
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G02F

Claim:
1. An electro-optic modulation structure comprising a first electrode and a second electrode and an electro-optic strip of dielectric electro-optic material; wherein the first electrode has a slab portion and a metallic ridge protruding from the slab portion of the first electrode, and the second electrode has a slab portion and a metallic ridge protruding from the slab portion of the second electrode, the protruding metallic ridge of the first electrode and the protruding metallic ridge of the second electrode being disposed on opposite sides of the electro-optic strip and both protruding metallic ridges abutting and contacting the electro optical material of the electro-optic strip wherein the metallic ridges are tapered to narrow at the electro-optic strip.