Optical modulators and switches are key components in semiconductor devices, allowing precise control of light. They enable manipulation of optical properties like amplitude, phase, and polarization for various applications in communications, computing, and sensing. The inverse process that recovers the encoded information is demodulation. A modulation scheme continuously alters the property or properties of a waveform. In this case, it is light, in order to encode the binary information. Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China School of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China Authors to whom. Optical modulators are crucial devices used for controlling and manipulating light properties, primarily to modulate various aspects of light waves.
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