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Electro-optic device

CA 1320753 C · Owner: Shaw, Robert N. · Inventors: Shaw, Robert N.

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In electro-optic waveguides devices such as directional couplers and Mach-Zehnder interferometers having travelling-wave electrodes which overlie the waveguides temperature sensitivity is reduced by arranging the ground plane electrode to overlie only part of the width of its associated waveguide portion. The invention has particular application to z-cut lithium niobate. Figure 2.

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  • Granted July 27, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 27, 2010.
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FiledMay 23, 1989
GrantedJuly 27, 1993
Term endedJuly 27, 2010
Patent numberCA 1320753 C
Classification (IPC)G02F1/29 +2 more

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedMay 23, 1989Patent grantedJuly 27, 1993Term endedJuly 27, 2010

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