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AssigneesThe MITRE Corporation, National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsDavid Heim, Henry Wen, Mark Dong, Hugo Larocque, Andrew Leenheer, Gerald Gilbert, Matthew Eichenfield, Mikkel Heuck, Dirk Englund
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Provided herein is a photonic modulator and methods for controlling a photonic modulator that can control the phase and/or amplitude of photons being transmitted through the modulator to minimize photonic loss while remaining power efficient and operating at high speeds. The photonic modulator can include a substrate with a pair of piezoelectric cantilevers spaced apart from one another by a gap, with a photonic waveguide disposed in the substrate that extends across the modulator and bridges the gap between the piezoelectric cantilevers. In one or more examples, the piezoelectric cantilevers can be configured to move away from the substrate in response to an electrical signal, such that a refractive index of the photonic waveguide is altered.
A photonic modulator comprising:
A method for controlling a photonic modulator, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for controlling a photonic modulator, for execution by one or more processors of an electronic device that when executed by the device, causes the device to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.