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In an electroabsorption optical intensity modulator, a semiconductor buffer, a first semiconductor cladding layer, a semiconductor optical absorption layer, a second semiconductor cladding layer and a semiconductor cap layer are formed on a semiconductor substrate. Also, a first electrode is formed on the second semiconductor cap layer, and a second electrode is formed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor optical absorption layer includes a first semiconductor optical absorption layer element having a first absorption edge wavelength and a second semiconductor optical absorption layer element having a second absorption edge wavelength different from the first absorption edge wavelength.
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