US 12,292,625 B2
Building block for electro-optical integrated indium-phosphide based phase modulator
Rastko Pajkovic, Eindhoven (NL); Erwin Antonius Josephus Maria Bente, Eindhoven (NL); Stefanos Andreou, Eindhoven (NL); and Theodorus Thomas Marinus Van Schaijk, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SMART PHOTONICS HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by SMART PHOTONICS HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/643,993.
Application 18/643,993 is a continuation of application No. 17/395,771, filed on Aug. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,992,694.
Application 17/395,771 is a continuation of application No. PCT/NL2020/050069, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,689, filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0272461 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/025 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); H01S 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/025 (2013.01) [A61N 2/02 (2013.01); G02B 6/122 (2013.01); H01S 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61N 2/002 (2013.01); A61N 2/004 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photonic integrated circuit comprising:
a plurality of conductive contacts connected to one another by a conductive layer;
a waveguide comprising a first part of a waveguide layer, and at least one conductive contact of the plurality of conductive contacts, the at least one conductive contact extending over substantially the entire waveguide;
an optical element comprising a second part of the waveguide layer, and a contact layer for connection to a voltage source; and
an isolator between the contact layer and the at least one conductive contact.