CCD Driven integrated optical modulator array

An optical array comprising:

• a substrate having a major surface;
• a plurality of individual optical waveguides capable of propagating light, the waveguides being formed from a material which modulates the propagating light in response to an electric field and being implemented on a major surface of said substrate;
• a uniform grating which functions to convert an incident optical beam into a guided optical beam into a guided optical wave traveling in said optical waveguides along said major surface of said substrate;
• a chirped grating spaced from said uniform grating for focusing said guided optical wave into said waveguides;
• means for modulating the propagating light in each of the individual waveguides, comprising a first and a second spaced apart electrode disposed on the surface of said substrate for creating an electric field in each of said waveguides;
• a body of semiconductor material disposed adjacent said substrate;
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• circuit means implemented on said body of semiconductor material for providing said predetermined quantities of electric charge to said means for modulating.