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US 12,681,339 · App. 18/542,889 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Electro-optic waveguide with polarization control

Inventors: Moshe Tordjman (Haifa, IL); Alexander Sherman (Ashdod, IL); Igal Bayn (New York, NY)
Assignee: Quantum Transistors Technolgy
G02F1/035G02F1/0316
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Patent No.
US 12,681,339
App. No.
18/542,889
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic device includes an optical waveguide disposed on a substrate. The waveguide includes a uniaxial electro-optical crystal having a principal axis parallel to a propagation axis of the waveguide. Electrodes are configured to apply an electric field to the electro-optical crystal so as to rotate a polarization of an optical wave as the optical wave propagates through the waveguide.

Claims (34)

1 . An optoelectronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

an optical waveguide disposed on the substrate, the waveguide comprising a uniaxial electro-optical crystal having a principal axis parallel to a propagation axis of the waveguide;

electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the electro-optical crystal so as to rotate a polarization of an optical wave as the optical wave propagates through the waveguide,

wherein the electrodes comprise at least first electrodes configured to apply a first electric field along a first axis transverse to the propagation axis and second electrodes configured to apply a second electric field along a second axis transverse to the propagation axis and to the first axis; and

a controller, which is configured to adjust respective first and second voltages that are applied to the first and second electrodes so as to cause the polarization of the optical wave to rotate by a selected rotation angle over a length of the electro-optical crystal.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the electro-optical crystal comprises barium titanate (BTO).

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to set the first and second voltages so as to zero a polarization-dependent dispersion of the electro-optical crystal, whereby the selected rotation angle is zero.

4 . An optoelectronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

an optical waveguide disposed on the substrate, the waveguide comprising a uniaxial electro-optical crystal having a principal axis parallel to a propagation axis of the waveguide; and

electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the electro-optical crystal so as to rotate a polarization of an optical wave as the optical wave propagates through the waveguide,

wherein the electrodes comprise at least first electrodes configured to apply a first electric field along a first axis transverse to the propagation axis and second electrodes configured to apply a second electric field along a second axis transverse to the propagation axis and to the first axis, and

wherein the electrodes further comprise third electrodes configured to apply a third electric field along the propagation axis so as to zero an electrical bias across the electro-optical crystal along the propagation axis.

5 . The device according to claim 4 , and comprising a controller, which is configured to adjust respective first and second voltages that are applied to the first and second electrodes so as to cause the polarization of the optical wave to rotate by a selected rotation angle over a length of the electro-optical crystal.

6 . An optoelectronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

an optical waveguide disposed on the substrate, the waveguide comprising a uniaxial electro-optical crystal having a principal axis parallel to a propagation axis of the waveguide; and

electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the electro-optical crystal so as to rotate a polarization of an optical wave as the optical wave propagates through the waveguide,

wherein the electrodes are configured to apply the electric field to the electro-optical crystal so as to rotate a first polarization of a first guided mode propagating in the waveguide into alignment with a second polarization of a second guided mode propagating in the waveguide.

7 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein the electrodes comprise at least first electrodes configured to apply a first electric field along a first axis transverse to the propagation axis and second electrodes configured to apply a second electric field along a second axis transverse to the propagation axis and to the first axis.

8 . A method for optical control, comprising:

forming an optical waveguide on a substrate, the waveguide comprising a uniaxial electro-optical crystal having a principal axis parallel to a propagation axis of the waveguide; and

applying an electric field to the electro-optical crystal so as to rotate a polarization of an optical wave as the optical wave propagates through the waveguide,

wherein applying the electric field comprises applying a first electric field along a first axis transverse to the propagation axis and applying a second electric field along a second axis transverse to the propagation axis and to the first axis and adjusting voltages that are applied to the electro-optical crystal so as to cause the polarization of the optical wave to rotate by a selected rotation angle over a length of the electro-optical crystal.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the electro-optical crystal comprises barium titanate (BTO).

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein applying the electric field comprises applying a third electric field along the propagation axis so as to zero an electrical bias across the electro-optical crystal along the propagation axis.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein adjusting the voltages comprises setting the voltages so as to zero a polarization-dependent dispersion of the electro-optical crystal, whereby the selected rotation angle is zero.

12 . A method for optical control, comprising:

forming an optical waveguide on a substrate, the waveguide comprising a uniaxial electro-optical crystal having a principal axis parallel to a propagation axis of the waveguide; and

applying an electric field to the electro-optical crystal so as to rotate a polarization of an optical wave as the optical wave propagates through the waveguide,

wherein applying the electric field comprises rotating a first polarization of a first guided mode propagating in the waveguide into alignment with a second polarization of a second guided mode propagating in the waveguide.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein applying the electric field comprises applying a first electric field along a first axis transverse to the propagation axis and applying a second electric field along a second axis transverse to the propagation axis and to the first axis.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein applying the first and second electric fields comprises adjusting voltages that are applied to the electro-optical crystal so as to cause the polarization of the optical wave to rotate by a selected rotation angle over a length of the electro-optical crystal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: TORDJMAN, MOSHE; SHERMAN, ALEXANDER; BAYN, IGAL
To: QUANTUM TRANSISTORS TECHNOLOGY LTD.
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