Two-stage adiabatically coupled photonic systems

D Mahgerefteh, B Park, J Chen, X Xu… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
In an example, a coupled system includes a first waveguide, at least one second waveguide,
and an interposer. The first waveguide has a silicon (Si) core having first refractive index n1 …

Waveguide coupler having continuous three-dimensional tapering

SJ Spector, RB Swint, M Popovic - US Patent 8,472,766, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND This invention relates generally to silicon photonics, and more particularly
relates to silicon waveguides. Interest in the field of silicon photonics is rapidly growing as …

System comprising an integrated waveguide-coupled optically active device and method of formation

B Koch, M Davenport, A Liu - US Patent 11,131,806, 2021 - Google Patents
Integrated-optics systems are presented in which an optically active device is optically
coupled with a silicon waveguide via a passive compound-semiconductor waveguide. In a …

Compact apparatus and method for integrated photonic devices having folded directional couplers

MP Bendett, G Whaley - US Patent 6,813,405, 2004 - Google Patents
Substrate having a major Surface, a first waveguide Segment and a Second waveguide
Segment, and a folded evanescent coupler connecting the first waveguide Segment to the …

Optical coupler apparatus and methods having reduced geometry sensitivity

A Bandyopadhyay - US Patent 6,950,581, 2005 - Google Patents
Optical coupler apparatus having reduced geometry sensitivity includes spaced apart first
and second main waveguides having a coupling section. In one embodiment, first and …

Optical beam couplers and splitters

HP Kuo, MRT Tan, SY Wang, RG Walmsley… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Beam couplers and splitters are disclosed herein. An example of a beam coupler and splitter
includes a first waveguide having a first waveguide bevel and a bend, the first waveguide …

Method for fabricating selectively coupled optical waveguides on a substrate

CM Hill, M Jaso - US Patent 7,974,505, 2011 - Google Patents
A method for fabricating selectively coupled optical waveguides on a substrate is disclosed.
Initially, a first layer of waveguide material is deposited on a substrate. The first layer of …

Device for the emission of arbitrary optical beam profiles from waveguides into two-dimensional space

MW Puckett, KD Nelson - US Patent 11,105,977, 2021 - Google Patents
An optical coupler device comprises an optical waveguide having a first edge and an
opposing second edge that extend in a direction substantially parallel to a propagation …

Through-substrate optical coupling to photonics chips

F Doany, BG Lee, CL Schow - US Patent 9,285,554, 2016 - Google Patents
This invention generally relates to optoelectronic inte grated circuits, or photonics chips, and
more specifically, to 15 optical coupling between a waveguide and a photonics chip …

Waveguide couplers for multi-mode waveguides

M Thompson - US Patent 11,275,210, 2022 - Google Patents
An optical coupler includes a first waveguide including a first multi-mode waveguide section
having a cross-section characterized by a first height and a first width that is greater than the …