Belonging to the field of optoelectronic technology, a graphene-based coplanar traveling-wave electrode absorption type optical modulator is disclosed, including a substrate layer, a strip optical waveguide, a dielectric filling layer, a dielectric isolation layer, graphene striplines and electrodes, the A first dielectric isolation layer, a first graphene stripline, and a second dielectric isolation layer are sequentially arranged above the strip optical waveguide, and a second graphene stripline and a third graphene isolation layer are arranged on the second dielectric isolation layer. Stripline, the two ends of the first graphene stripline are respectively connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, one end of the second graphene stripline is connected to the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode, and the third One end of the graphene strip line is connected to the third ground electrode and the fourth ground electrode; this structure increases the bandwidth of the optical modulator, and at the same time, the optical modulator is compatible with the microwave probe, and the coplanar waveguide traveling wave electrode structure is adopted, and the preparation is relatively simple , to enhance the practicability of the device.