Optical coupling using a vernier scale
    21.
    发明授权
    Optical coupling using a vernier scale 有权
    光学耦合使用游标刻度

    公开(公告)号:US09316800B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-19

    申请号:US14712147

    申请日:2015-05-14

    CPC classification number: G02B6/4225 G02B6/4249

    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of alignment couplers, wherein the alignment couplers are equally spaced a first length apart from each other along a first surface, a plurality of photodetectors optically coupled to the plurality of alignment couplers, a memory, and a processor coupled to the photodetectors and the memory, wherein the memory comprises computer executable instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive an electrical signal in response to at least one of the photodetectors detecting a first light, and determine an edge coupling alignment based on the electrical signal, wherein the edge coupling alignment is aligned when the electrical signal indicates two photodetectors of the plurality of photodetectors detect the first light, and wherein the edge coupling alignment is misaligned when the electrical signal indicates only one photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors detects the first light.

    Abstract translation: 一种包括多个对准耦合器的装置,其中所述对准耦合器沿着第一表面彼此间隔开第一长度,多个光电检测器光学耦合到所述多个对准耦合器,存储器和耦合到所述多个对准耦合器的处理器 光电检测器和存储器,其中存储器包括存储在非暂时计算机可读介质中的计算机可执行指令,当由处理器执行时,处理器响应于至少一个检测到第一光的光电检测器接收电信号,以及 基于所述电信号确定边缘耦合对准,其中当所述电信号指示所述多个光电检测器中的两个光电检测器检测到所述第一光时,所述边缘耦合对准被对准,并且其中当所述电信号仅指示一个时,所述边缘耦合对准不对准 多个光电探测器的光检测器检测th e第一盏灯。

    Optical power distribution system
    22.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12019288B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17731359

    申请日:2022-04-28

    CPC classification number: G02B6/4246 G02B6/2706

    Abstract: There is provided an optical power distribution system including an input optical fiber receiving light having an optical power. The optical power distribution system further includes an optical power distribution splitter optically coupled to the input optical fiber, the optical power distribution splitter including an all-dielectric optical waveguide, the optical power distribution splitter configured to divide the optical power into two or more portions. The optical power distribution system further includes an optical device optically coupled to optical power distribution splitter, the optical device including an optical waveguide having a semiconductor layer, the optical device receiving a first portion of the optical power.

    Optical network monitoring with a photonic switch

    公开(公告)号:US10110302B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US14867665

    申请日:2015-09-28

    Abstract: An optical device comprises a transmitter module, a receiver module, and a switch comprising a first port coupled to the transmitter module, a second port coupled to the receiver module, a third port configured to couple to a transmitter fiber, and a fourth port configured to couple to a receiver fiber. A method implemented in a switch, the method comprising operating in a monitor mode that provides for monitoring of a transmitter fiber or a receiver fiber, receiving a command to transition from the monitor mode to a data mode, connecting a transmitter module to the transmitter fiber, and connecting a receiver module to the receiver fiber.

    Apparatus and method for a waveguide polarizer comprising a series of bends

    公开(公告)号:US09690045B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-27

    申请号:US14231429

    申请日:2014-03-31

    CPC classification number: G02B6/126 G02B6/125 G02B6/13 H04B10/60

    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for a waveguide polarizer comprising a series of bends. The waveguide polarizer is suitable for used in optical waveguide devices or circuits, where a polarized light is required, such as for single polarization output. The polarizer design is independent of the function of the optical devices. In an embodiment, an optical polarizer comprises an optical waveguide configured to propagate light at a designated polarization mode, and comprising a bend in a same plane of the propagated light. The bend has a geometry configured to contain in the optical waveguide the designated polarization mode of the propagated light and radiate outside the optical waveguide a second polarization mode of the propagated light.

    Digital-to-Analog Optical Modulator Electrical Crosstalk Reduction
    26.
    发明申请
    Digital-to-Analog Optical Modulator Electrical Crosstalk Reduction 审中-公开
    数模转换光调制器电串扰减少

    公开(公告)号:US20170054509A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-23

    申请号:US14832902

    申请日:2015-08-21

    CPC classification number: H04B10/516 H04B10/25759 H04B10/5051

    Abstract: A digital-to-analog optical modulator including a first waveguide arm configured to receive a light at a first end and to output a modulated light at a second end, and a first plurality of phase shifter segments, two segments from the first plurality of phase shifter segments having the same length and optically coupled to the first waveguide arm configured to generate the modulated light in response to a digital electrical drive signal. A digital-to-analog optical modulator including a first waveguide arm comprising a first end and a second end, a first plurality of phase shifter segments optically coupled to the first waveguide arm, at least two of the first plurality of phase shifter segments are the same length, and a second waveguide arm optically coupled to the first waveguide arm at the first end and the second end.

    Abstract translation: 一种数模模拟光调制器,包括:第一波导臂,被配置为在第一端接收光并输出第二端的调制光;以及第一多个移相器段,从所述第一多个相位 具有相同长度并且光耦合到第一波导臂的移位器段被配置为响应于数字电驱动信号而产生调制的光。 一种包括第一波导臂的数模转换光调制器,包括第一端和第二端,光耦合到第一波导臂的第一多个移相器段,第一多个移相器段中的至少两个是 以及在第一端和第二端处光耦合到第一波导臂的第二波导臂。

    Electrical Crosstalk Reduction in a High-order Digital Optical Modulator
    27.
    发明申请
    Electrical Crosstalk Reduction in a High-order Digital Optical Modulator 有权
    高阶数字光调制器中的电串扰降低

    公开(公告)号:US20170052394A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-23

    申请号:US14832840

    申请日:2015-08-21

    Abstract: A digital optical modulator including a waveguide comprising a plurality of light paths, and a plurality of phase shifter segments, each optically coupled to a light path from the plurality of light paths, configured to modulate light carried in the plurality of light paths to generate a modulated light in response to an electrical drive signal, at least two of the plurality of phase shifter segments having the same length. A digital optical modulator comprising a first waveguide arm comprising a first end and a second end, a first plurality of phase shifter segments with at least two of the first plurality of phase shifter segments that are the same length optically coupled to the waveguide arm, and a second waveguide arm optically coupled to the first waveguide arm at the first end and the second end.

    Abstract translation: 一种数字光调制器,包括包括多个光路的波导和多个移相器段,每个移相器段光耦合到来自多个光路的光路,被配置为调制在多个光路中携带的光以产生 响应于电驱动信号调制光,所述多个移相器段中的至少两个具有相同的长度。 一种数字光调制器,包括包括第一端和第二端的第一波导臂,第一多个移相器段,其中第一多个移相器段中的至少两个是与波导臂光耦合的相同长度,以及 在第一端和第二端处光耦合到第一波导臂的第二波导臂。

    System and Method for Photonic Structure and Switch
    28.
    发明申请
    System and Method for Photonic Structure and Switch 审中-公开
    光子结构与开关的系统与方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160337727A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US14710356

    申请日:2015-05-12

    Abstract: An optical connection includes a first array of holes on a first side of a registration plate and an array of grooves on a second side of the registration plate. The optical connection also includes a first plurality of GRIN lenses inserted into the first array of holes, where the first plurality of GRIN lenses includes a first GRIN lens in a first hole of the first array of holes and a second plurality of GRIN lenses inserted in grooves of the array of grooves, where the first side of the registration plate is opposite the second side of the registration plate, where the second plurality of GRIN lenses includes a second GRIN lens in a first groove of the array of grooves opposite the first GRIN lens, and where the first GRIN lens is optically coupled to the second GRIN lens by an air gap in the first.

    Abstract translation: 光学连接包括在对齐板的第一侧上的第一阵列的孔和在对准板的第二侧上的一排凹槽。 光学连接还包括插入到第一阵列孔中的第一多个GRIN透镜,其中第一多个GRIN透镜包括第一阵列孔的第一孔中的第一GRIN透镜和插入到第一阵列孔中的第二多个GRIN透镜 槽阵列的凹槽,其中配准板的第一侧与配准板的第二侧相对,其中第二组多个GRIN透镜在与第一GRIN相对的槽阵列的第一槽中包括第二GRIN透镜 透镜,并且其中第一GRIN透镜通过第一光滑耦合到第二GRIN透镜。

    Active Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) With Embedded Coupling Efficiency Monitoring
    29.
    发明申请
    Active Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) With Embedded Coupling Efficiency Monitoring 有权
    具有嵌入式耦合效率监测的有源光子集成电路(PIC)

    公开(公告)号:US20160334590A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US14712153

    申请日:2015-05-14

    CPC classification number: G02B6/4225 G02B6/1225 G02B6/34 G02B6/4291

    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first photonic device comprising a waveguide loop configured to guide a first light from a first location of a surface to a second location of the surface, and a second photonic device comprising a light source configured to provide the first light, and a first alignment coupler optically coupled to the light source and configured to optically couple to the waveguide loop at the first location, a second alignment coupler configured to optically couple to the waveguide loop at the second location, and a photodetector optically coupled to the second alignment coupler and configured to detect the first light when the waveguide loop is aligned with the first alignment coupler and the second alignment coupler, and generate, based on the detection and on the received light, an electrical signal.

    Abstract translation: 一种包括第一光子器件的装置,包括被配置为将第一光从表面的第一位置引导到表面的第二位置的波导管,以及包括被配置为提供第一光的光源的第二光子器件,以及 第一对准耦合器,其光耦合到光源并被配置为在第一位置处光耦合到波导环路;第二对准耦合器,被配置为在第二位置处光耦合到波导环路;以及光电检测器,光耦合到第二对准耦合器 并且被配置为当波导环与第一对准耦合器和第二对准耦合器对准时检测第一光,并且基于检测和接收的光产生电信号。

    Low loss optical crossing and method of making same
    30.
    发明授权
    Low loss optical crossing and method of making same 有权
    低损耗光学杂交及其制作方法

    公开(公告)号:US09360622B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-07

    申请号:US14165229

    申请日:2014-01-27

    Abstract: A low loss optical crossing and a method of making an optical crossing in a photonic integrated circuit. An optical crossing embodiment includes a crossing region having a crossing length, wherein a light path through the crossing region is laterally unbound; an input waveguide having an input crossing end and an input distal end, and coupled to the crossing region at the input crossing end, thereby partially forming the light path; and an output waveguide having an output crossing end and an output distal end, and coupled to the crossing region at the output crossing end, thereby partially forming the light path, wherein a crossing width of the output waveguide at the output crossing end is larger than a crossing width of the input waveguide at the input crossing end according to the crossing length, and wherein a lateral center of the output waveguide at the output crossing end is laterally displaced by an offset from a lateral center of the input waveguide at the input crossing end according to the crossing length.

    Abstract translation: 低损耗光学交叉和在光子集成电路中制作光交叉的方法。 光学交叉实施例包括具有交叉长度的交叉区域,其中穿过所述交叉区域的光路横向不结合; 输入波导,其具有输入交叉端和输入远端,并且在输入交叉端处耦合到交叉区域,从而部分地形成光路; 以及输出波导,其具有输出交叉端和输出远端,并且在输出交叉端处耦合到交叉区域,从而部分地形成光路,其中输出交叉端处的输出波导的交叉宽度大于 输入交叉端的输入波导的交叉宽度根据交叉长度,并且其中输出交叉端处的输出波导的横向中心在输入交叉处横向偏离输入波导的横向中心的偏移 根据交叉长度结束。

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