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Method and system for a vertical junction high-speed phase modulator

  • US 10,444,593 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2017
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A semiconductor device, the device comprising:

  • a semiconductor waveguide comprising a slab section, a rib section extending above the slab section, and raised ridges extending above the slab section on both sides of the rib section;

    a vertical pn junction with p-doped material and n-doped material arranged vertically with respect to each other in the rib and slab sections, wherein the rib section is either fully n-doped or fully p-doped in each cross-section along the semiconductor waveguide;

    contacts on the raised ridges that enable electrical connection to the p-doped material and n-doped material; and

    wherein one of the contacts enables electrical connection to the rib section via periodically arranged sections of the semiconductor waveguide where a cross-section of both the rib section and the slab section in the periodically arranged sections is fully n-doped or fully p-doped.

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