Electro-optic device including a buffer layer of transparent conductive material
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorsRobert McLemore Fleming, Rafael Nathan Kleiman, Jueinai Raynien Kwo, John William Osenbach, Gordon Albert Thomas
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Abstract
An electro-optic device comprising an electro-optic crystal substrate, an optical waveguide path in the crystal adjacent the substrate surface and an electrode spaced from the surface by a buffer layer is provided with enhanced operating stability by forming the buffer layer of a transparent electronically conductive material. Preferred buffer materials are electronically conductive gallium-indium-oxide and electronically conductive zinc-indium-tin-oxide.
Claims1
In the electro-optic device comprising an electro-optic crystal substrate, an optical waveguide path in the crystal adjacent the substrate surface and at least two electrodes spaced from the surface by a buffer layer to control the refractive index of the path,
- the improvement wherein the buffer layer comprises a transparent electronically conductive material selected from the group consisting of gallium-indium-oxide and zinc-indium-tin-oxide and said buffer layer is removed in a region between the two electrodes.
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