Wafer-scale fabrication of vertical optical couplers

SS Djordjevic, X Zheng, AV Krishnamoorthy - US Patent 10,222,552, 2019 - Google Patents
An integrated circuit is described. This integrated circuit includes an optical waveguide
defined in a semiconductor layer, and a dielectric optical waveguide disposed on the …

Optical fiber coupler having hybrid tapered waveguide segments and metamaterial segments

B Peng, AP Jacob, Y Bian - US Patent 11,467,343, 2022 - Google Patents
Optical coupler structures include a waveguide having waveguide metamaterial segments
aligned along a first line. A second insulator is on the first insulator and the waveguide …

Dual tip optical coupler

RS Tummidi, D Piede - US Patent 9,164,235, 2015 - Google Patents
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to optical couplers for transmitting an optical
signal between a waveguide in an optical device to an external light-carrying medium and …

Integrated multistage taper coupler for waveguide to fiber coupling

N Kumar, G Li, S Krasulick - US Patent 10,209,451, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A waveguide coupler has a compression region and an expansion region
for coupling light between a silicon wave guide and an optical fiber. The compression region …

Multilayer coupling interface

C Zhang, D Celo, E Bernier - US Patent App. 14/886,285, 2016 - Google Patents
An optical coupling input/output interface including a mul tilayer ribbon comprising a plurality
of layers with each layer having a plurality of waveguides. The I/O interface further includes …

Smoothing facets on an optical component

S Keo, R Cherian, S Seng, E Rios… - US Patent App. 10 …, 2003 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of Smoothing facets on optical components is disclosed. The
method includes forming a plurality of opti cal components into a block of optical …

Optical grating coupler

L Chen, L Zhang, C Doerr, N Dupuis - US Patent App. 12/756,166, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0002 Some optical devices utilize a planar waveguide formed on a
Substrate. Such as silicon-on-insulator (SOI) or InGaAsP on InP. Often it is necessary to …

Embedded optical waveguide coupler

B Block, B Barnett, P Davids - US Patent App. 10/727,698, 2005 - Google Patents
US20050123244A1 - Embedded optical waveguide coupler - Google Patents
US20050123244A1 - Embedded optical waveguide coupler - Google Patents Embedded …

Optical beam transformer module for light coupling between a fiber array and a photonic chip and the method of making the same

Y Zhou, S Cheng, ST Ho - US Patent 7,303,339, 2007 - Google Patents
Optical modules and methods for making optical modules are described. In one
embodiment, an optical module includes a substrate assembly including a photonic chip …

Optical fiber coupler having hybrid tapered waveguide segments and metamaterial segments

B Peng, AP Jacob, Y Bian - US Patent 10,989,876, 2021 - Google Patents
Optical coupler structures include a waveguide having waveguide metamaterial segments
aligned along a first line. A second insulator is on the first insulator and the waveguide …