OPTICAL MODULATOR, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND OPERATING THE SAME AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTICAL MODULATOR

摘要

An optical modulator, methods of manufacturing and operating the same, and an optical apparatus including the optical modulator are disclosed. The optical modulator includes an electro-optical converter and an optical-electric converter, stacked perpendicular to a substrate, and a gate transistor. The gate transistor gates a signal transmitted to the electro-optical converter from the optical-electric converter and allows charges generated in the optical-electric converter and charges remaining in the electro-optical converter to flow while bypassing the electro-optical converter when gating ON is performed.