Patent ID: 8260094

Claim:
An optical circuit, comprising: a monocrystalline layer having a surface; a first optical device provided on the surface of the monocrystalline layer, the first optical device being oriented such that light propagates in the first optical device along a first direction in the surface of the monocrystalline layer, the first optical device being an active optical device; a second optical device provided on the surface of the monocrystalline layer, the first optical device supplying the light to the second optical device, the second optical device being oriented such that the light propagates in the second optical device along a second direction in the surface of the monocrystalline layer, the first and second directions defining an angle other than 0 degrees, 180 degrees, and integer multiples of 180 degrees; and an electrode associated with the second optical device, wherein a first voltage signal is supplied to the electrode and a second voltage signal is supplied to the first optical device, the first voltage signal having a first frequency and the second voltage signal having a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency, wherein the first optical device is one of a plurality of first optical devices provided on the monocrystalline layer and the second optical device is one of a plurality of second optical devices provided on the monocrystalline layer, each of the plurality of first optical devices being separated from one another by a first pitch and each of the plurality of second optical devices being separated from one another by a second pitch, the first pitch being greater than the second pitch.