A multi-segment optical modulator system comprising: a waveguide for propagating an optical signal comprising: a proximate arm configured to communicate a proximate portion of the optical signal; and a distal arm configured to communicate a distal portion of the optical signal; a plurality of modulator segments, each modulator segment comprising: a proximate diode configured to modulate the proximate portion of the optical signal; a distal diode configured to modulate the distal portion of the optical signal; and an electrical input electrically coupled to opposite signed interfaces of the proximate diode and the distal diode such that an electrical driving signal propagated along the electrical input causes an equal and opposite modulation of the proximate portion of the optical signal in the proximate arm of the waveguide and the distal portion of the optical signal in the distal arm of the waveguide, characterized in that the multi-segment optical modulator system further comprises a drive integrated circuit in which each segment driver outputs to each modulator segment both a primary output and a complementary output, based on a single radio-frequency, RF, input signal received via an input buffer and a transmission line, the primary output voltage is the same as the complementary output voltage but comprises an opposite electrical sign, the primary output of each segment driver is coupled to the cathode of the proximate diode and the anode of the distal diode, the complementary output is coupled to the anode of the proximate diode and the cathode of the distal diode. a proximate arm configured to communicate a proximate portion of the optical signal; and a distal arm configured to communicate a distal portion of the optical signal; a plurality of modulator segments, each modulator segment comprising: a proximate diode configured to modulate the proximate portion of the optical signal; a distal diode configured to modulate the distal portion of the optical signal; and an electrical input electrically coupled to opposite signed interfaces of the proximate diode and the distal diode such that an electrical driving signal propagated along the electrical input causes an equal and opposite modulation of the proximate portion of the optical signal in the proximate arm of the waveguide and the distal portion of the optical signal in the distal arm of the waveguide, characterized in that the multi-segment optical modulator system further comprises a drive integrated circuit in which each segment driver outputs to each modulator segment both a primary output and a complementary output, based on a single radio-frequency, RF, input signal received via an input buffer and a transmission line, the primary output voltage is the same as the complementary output voltage but comprises an opposite electrical sign, the primary output of each segment driver is coupled to the cathode of the proximate diode and the anode of the distal diode, the complementary output is coupled to the anode of the proximate diode and the cathode of the distal diode. a proximate diode configured to modulate the proximate portion of the optical signal; a distal diode configured to modulate the distal portion of the optical signal; and an electrical input electrically coupled to opposite signed interfaces of the proximate diode and the distal diode such that an electrical driving signal propagated along the electrical input causes an equal and opposite modulation of the proximate portion of the optical signal in the proximate arm of the waveguide and the distal portion of the optical signal in the distal arm of the waveguide, characterized in that the multi-segment optical modulator system further comprises a drive integrated circuit in which each segment driver outputs to each modulator segment both a primary output and a complementary output, based on a single radio-frequency, RF, input signal received via an input buffer and a transmission line, the primary output voltage is the same as the complementary output voltage but comprises an opposite electrical sign, the primary output of each segment driver is coupled to the cathode of the proximate diode and the anode of the distal diode, the complementary output is coupled to the anode of the proximate diode and the cathode of the distal diode.