Apparatus and method for realising bilinear temperature compensation of array waveguide grating

    公开(公告)号:US10969545B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16759795

    申请日:2017-12-25

    Abstract: An apparatus and method for temperature compensation, belonging to the technical field of optical communications, and particularly an apparatus and method for implementing bilinear temperature compensation of an arrayed waveguide grating is disclosed. The apparatus consists of two drivers. A first driver performs linear compensation in a range lower than normal temperature 25° C. to −40° C. (low-temperature area) or a range higher than ambient temperature 25° C. to 85° C. (high-temperature area). A second driver is used to realize nonlinear compensation of superimposed effect of AWG chip wavelength/temperature in another temperature area. Two parts of the chip after being divided have different relative displacement/effective compensation amounts in different temperature ranges, having over-compensation in the high-temperature area and under-compensation in the low-temperature area, so that a center wavelength of the AWG chip appears as two gentle curves with temperature change. The residual nonlinear temperature effect is effectively reduced.

    Apparatus for alleviating nonlinear temperature effect of arrayed waveguide gratings

    公开(公告)号:US10241265B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-26

    申请号:US15570022

    申请日:2015-12-15

    Abstract: An apparatus for alleviating a nonlinear temperature effect of an arrayed waveguide grating, comprising an integrated optical circuit base for an arrayed waveguide grating chip and an actuator. The integrated optical circuit base includes a first region, a second region connected by a hinge. The actuator includes two or more actuating rods having a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the integrated optical circuit base. In different temperature ranges, the first region and the second region are driven by different actuating rods to rotate and/or translate relative to each other, so that the first region and the second region have a nonlinear displacement as the temperature changes, which brings the two parts of the arrayed waveguide grating chip to move relative to each other to accurately compensate drifting of a central wavelength of the arrayed waveguide grating chip in the different temperature ranges.

    Apparatus And Method For Realising Bilinear Temperature Compensation Of Array Waveguide Grating

    公开(公告)号:US20210055476A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16759795

    申请日:2017-12-25

    Abstract: An apparatus and method for temperature compensation, belonging to the technical field of optical communications, and particularly an apparatus and method for implementing bilinear temperature compensation of an arrayed waveguide grating is disclosed. The apparatus consists of two drivers. A first driver performs linear compensation in a range lower than normal temperature 25° C. to −40° C. (low-temperature area) or a range higher than ambient temperature 25° C. to 85° C. (high-temperature area). A second driver is used to realize nonlinear compensation of superimposed effect of AWG chip wavelength/temperature in another temperature area. Two parts of the chip after being divided have different relative displacement/effective compensation amounts in different temperature ranges, having over-compensation in the high-temperature area and under-compensation in the low-temperature area, so that a center wavelength of the AWG chip appears as two gentle curves with temperature change. The residual nonlinear temperature effect is effectively reduced.

    Silicon waveguide coupling alignment apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10209463B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-19

    申请号:US15740961

    申请日:2015-12-15

    Abstract: A silicon waveguide coupling alignment apparatus includes a fine adjustment bracket, a stress releasing clamp and a silicon photonic integrated chip force sensor. A silicon photonic integrated chip is fixed on the silicon photonic integrated chip force sensor, at least a part of an optical fiber to be coupled is fixed on one end of the stress releasing clamp, the stress releasing clamp is arranged on the fine adjustment bracket, an end surface of the optical fiber to be coupled is aligned with an end surface of the silicon photonic integrated chip by adjusting a position of the fine adjustment bracket, and a cushioning mechanism is arranged within the stress releasing clamp to cushion a collision force in a direction perpendicular to the end surface of the optical fiber to be coupled. The contact force imposed by the optical fiber on the end surface of the chip can be released by the clamp.

    SILICON WAVEGUIDE COUPLING ALIGNMENT APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20180196205A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-12

    申请号:US15740961

    申请日:2015-12-15

    CPC classification number: G02B6/422 G02B6/42 G02B6/4405

    Abstract: A silicon waveguide coupling alignment apparatus includes a fine adjustment bracket, a stress releasing clamp and a silicon photonic integrated chip force sensor. A silicon photonic integrated chip is fixed on the silicon photonic integrated chip force sensor, at least a part of an optical fiber to be coupled is fixed on one end of the stress releasing clamp, the stress releasing clamp is arranged on the fine adjustment bracket, an end surface of the optical fiber to be coupled is aligned with an end surface of the silicon photonic integrated chip by adjusting a position of the fine adjustment bracket, and a cushioning mechanism is arranged within the stress releasing clamp to cushion a collision force in a direction perpendicular to the end surface of the optical fiber to be coupled. The contact force imposed by the optical fiber on the end surface of the chip can be released by the clamp.

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