An optical coupler device comprises a substrate having a substantially planar upper surface,
and a grating structure on the upper surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, the grating …

Structures including an edge coupler and methods of fabricating a structure including an
edge coupler. The edge coupler includes a waveguide core, and a shaped layer is …

A semiconductor photonic device includes a substrate, facet (s), and optical coupler (s)
associated with the facet (s). Each optical coupler can couple an electromagnetic field …

An input waveguide is disposed on a substrate-parallel plane and configured to receive light
from an input surface. A mode converter joins the input waveguide at a junction away from …

An optical coupling includes a planar tapered waveguide coupling element having a first
end opposite a second end, a tapered waveguide positioned within a planar substrate, the …

A method forms a vertical output coupler for a waveguide that propagates light along a
horizontal propagation direction, through a waveguide material that overlies a buried oxide …

BACKGROUND The subject matter herein relates generally to mode size converters that
change a modal profile of propagating light and optical devices including the mode size …

US9405073B2 - Fiber assembly for facet optical coupling - Google Patents US9405073B2 -
Fiber assembly for facet optical coupling - Google Patents Fiber assembly for facet optical …

Structures including waveguide bends, methods of fabricating a structure that includes
waveguide bends, and systems that integrate optical components containing different …

A composite optical waveguide is constructed using an array of waveguide cores, in which
one core is tapered to a larger dimension, so that all the cores are used as a composite input …