Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for integrated power combiners
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Application No.: US15812517Application Date: 2017-11-14
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Publication No.: US10222637B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Attila Mekis , Adithyaram Narasimha , Jeremy Witzens
- Applicant: Luxtera, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: Luxtera, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Luxtera, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy
- Main IPC: G02B6/27
- IPC: G02B6/27 ; G02F1/01 ; G02B6/293 ; G02F1/035 ; G02F1/313 ; G02B6/126 ; G02B6/125 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/34 ; G02B6/12

Abstract:
A system for integrated power combiners is disclosed and may include receiving optical signals in input optical waveguides and phase-modulating the signals to configure a phase offset between signals received at a first optical coupler, where the first optical coupler may generate output signals having substantially equal optical powers. Output signals of the first optical coupler may be phase-modulated to configure a phase offset between signals received at a second optical coupler, which may generate an output signal having an optical power of essentially zero and a second output signal having a maximized optical power. Optical signals received by the input optical waveguides may be generated utilizing a polarization-splitting grating coupler to enable polarization-insensitive combining of optical signals. Optical power may be monitored using optical detectors. The monitoring of optical power may be used to determine a desired phase offset between the signals received at the first optical coupler.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180067342A1 Method and System for Integrated Power Combiners Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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