Patent ID: 8081361

Claim:
A carbon nanotube (CNT) signal modulator comprising: a plurality of CNT structures fabricated in position over a substrate, each of the plurality of CNTs operating as a gate CNT in position for (i) receiving an input photonic signal and an input modulation signal, wherein the input modulation signal comprises a photon or an electron; and (ii) transmitting an output photonic signal that is reduced, eliminated, or enhanced through the selection of the input modulation signal to provide a modulated output photonic signal, wherein said receiving and transmitting operations of the gate CNT are performed entirely by one of the plurality of CNT structures, and wherein said input photonic signal is scattered or otherwise modulated at said one of the plurality of CNT structures for generating said modulated output photonic signal; and an input modulation signal sender for sending the input modulation signal to the gate CNT and creating the modulated output photonic signal from the gate CNT.