Patent 9291836 was granted and assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute on March, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Provided are an optical modulator modulating optical signals and an optical module including the same. The optical modulator includes a lower clad layer, an optical transmission line extended in a first direction on the lower clad layer, and an upper clad layer on the optical transmission line and the lower clad layer. The optical transmission line may include graphene.