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- Patent Title: Single mode photonic circuit architecture and a new optical splitter design based on parallel waveguide mode conversion
- Patent Title (中): 单模光子电路架构和基于平行波导模式转换的新型光分路器设计
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Application No.: US11757394Application Date: 2007-06-04
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Publication No.: US07668416B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Bing Li
- Applicant: Bing Li
- Agency: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.
- Main IPC: G02B6/12
- IPC: G02B6/12

Abstract:
The new single mode circuit (SMC) architecture is invented for photonic integrated circuits (PIC). This architecture allows using multimode waveguides or structures to construct a single mode operated PIC. The multimode sections used in such SMC based PIC possess strong lateral confinement so that the PIC can have high circuit density and high optical performance at the same time. A parallel mode converter structure is also invented here. Based on this parallel mode converter, a low loss optical splitter can be constructed for high index contrast waveguide system.
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