公开(公告)号：US20220390777A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17843906

申请日：2022-06-17

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Prashanta Kharel ,  Mian Zhang ,  Christian Reimer ,  Kevin Luke ,  Lingyan He

IPC: G02F1/035

Abstract: An optical device including a waveguide and an electrode is described. The waveguide includes at least one optical material having an electro-optic effect. The electrode includes a channel region and extensions protruding from the channel region. The extensions are closer to a portion of the waveguide than the channel region is.

公开(公告)号：US11474384B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US16838763

申请日：2020-04-02

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Prashanta Kharel ,  Mian Zhang ,  Christian Reimer

IPC: G02F1/035 ,  G02F1/225 ,  G02B6/125 ,  G02B6/12

Abstract: A velocity mismatch between optical signals and microwave electrical signals in electro-optic devices, such as modulators, may be compensated by utilizing different lengths of bends in the optical waveguides as compared to the microwave electrodes to match the velocity of the microwave signal propagating along the coplanar waveguide to the velocity of the optical signal. To ensure the electrode bends do not affect the light in the optical waveguide bends, the electrode may have to be rerouted, e.g. above or below, the optical waveguide layer. To ensure that the pair of optical waveguides have the same optical length, a waveguide crossing may be used to cross the first waveguide through the second waveguide.

公开(公告)号：US20210157177A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17102047

申请日：2020-11-23

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Prashanta Kharel ,  Mian Zhang ,  Christian Reimer ,  Kevin Luke ,  Lingyan He

IPC: G02F1/035

Abstract: An optical device including a waveguide and an electrode is described. The waveguide includes at least one optical material having an electro-optic effect. The electrode includes a channel region and extensions protruding from the channel region. The extensions are closer to a portion of the waveguide than the channel region is.

公开(公告)号：US20250155739A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US18942189

申请日：2024-11-08

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Fan Ye ,  Christian Reimer ,  Mian Zhang ,  Kevin Luke ,  Amirmahdi Honardoost

IPC: G02F1/035

Abstract: A substrate configured for an electro-optic device and an electro-optic device formed using the substrate are described. The substrate includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer, and at least one thin film optical material. The semiconductor substrate includes a trap-rich layer and an underlying substrate layer. The insulating layer is on the semiconductor substrate, The trap-rich layer is between the underlying substrate layer and the insulating layer. The thin film optical material(s) have an electro-optic effect and are on the insulating layer.

公开(公告)号：US20250013086A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18777425

申请日：2024-07-18

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Christian Reimer ,  Jeffrey Cole Holzgrafe ,  Mian Zhang ,  Kevin Luke

IPC: G02F1/035 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/28 ,  G02F1/01 ,  G02F1/225

Abstract: An optical device is described. The optical device includes a waveguide and a modulation driver. The waveguide includes a first region, a second region, and a tapered region between the first and second regions. The first region supports a first set of modes of an optical signal. The second region supports a second set of modes of the optical signal. The first set of modes is different from the second set of modes. The tapered region is between the first region and the second region. The waveguide includes lithium. The modulation driver is configured to provide modulation of the optical signal in the first region.

公开(公告)号：US11940677B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17532635

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Mian Zhang ,  Christian Reimer ,  Prashanta Kharel

IPC: G02F1/01

CPC classification number: G02F1/011

Abstract: An optical device including a waveguide, electrodes, and a connecting dielectric is described. The waveguide includes an electro-optic material having a waveguide optical refractive index and a waveguide microwave dielectric constant. The electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode. The waveguide is between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least a portion of the connecting dielectric is between the waveguide and electrodes. The connecting dielectric has a microwave dielectric constant greater than the waveguide microwave dielectric constant.

公开(公告)号：US20230400716A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18208818

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Roy Meade ,  Kevin Luke ,  Mian Zhang ,  Christian Reimer

IPC: G02F1/035

CPC classification number: G02F1/035

Abstract: An electro-optic device is described. The electro-optic device includes a thin film electro-optic layer including lithium and a lithium barrier structure. The thin film electro-optic layer has a plurality of surfaces. The lithium barrier structure covers at least a portion of the plurality of surfaces.

公开(公告)号：US20230400631A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18208828

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Mian Zhang ,  Roy Meade ,  Christian Reimer

IPC: G02B6/122

CPC classification number: G02B6/122 ,  G02B2006/1204

Abstract: A hybrid photonics device package is described. The hybrid photonics device package includes an electro-optic integrated circuit and a photonics integrated circuit. The electro-optic integrated circuit includes an optical structure and an electrode on a first substrate. The optical structure has a thin film electro-optic layer including lithium. The photonics integrated circuit includes a second substrate and a photonics component on the second substrate. The photonics component and the optical structure are optically coupled. One of the electro-optic integrated circuit and the photonics integrated circuit is mounted on an other of the electro-optic integrated circuit and the photonics integrated circuit.

公开(公告)号：US11815750B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US17532244

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: HyperLight Corporation

Inventor： Mian Zhang ,  Christian Reimer ,  Kevin Luke

IPC: G02F1/035 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02F1/225 ,  G02F1/01 ,  G02B6/28

CPC classification number: G02F1/035 ,  G02B6/1228 ,  G02F1/225 ,  G02B6/2813 ,  G02F1/0118

Abstract: An optical modulator that uses adiabatic tapers to change the width of the waveguides between multimode waveguides and single mode waveguides on a low-loss, e.g. thin-film lithium niobate, electro-optic platform. The architecture enables the utilization of the fundamental mode of multimode wide optical waveguides that have lower optical propagation loss without sacrificing the benefit of the signal integrity and ease of control of single mode operation.

公开(公告)号：US20210072616A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17016234

申请日：2020-09-09

Applicant: HYPERLIGHT CORPORATION

Inventor： Mian Zhang ,  Christian Reimer ,  Kevin Luke

IPC: G02F1/355 ,  G02F1/365

Abstract: An integrated electro-optic frequency comb generator based on ultralow loss integrated, e.g. thin-film lithium niobate, platform, which enables low power consumption comb generation spanning over a wider range of optical frequencies. The comb generator includes an intensity modulator, and at least one phase modulator, which provides a powerful technique to generate a broad high power comb, without using an optical resonator. A compact integrated electro-optic modulator based frequency comb generator, provides the benefits of integrated, e.g. lithium niobate, platform including low waveguide loss, high electro-optic modulation efficiency, small bending radius and flexible microwave design.