Polymer clad fiber for evanescent coupling

KW Bennett, AF Evans, MJ Li… - US Patent 10,545,290, 2020 - Google Patents
A fiber to waveguide coupler is provided that includes an optical fiber having a core and a
cladding. The cladding includes an inner cladding and an outer cladding with a polymer. At …

Waveguide connector elements and optical assemblies incorporating the same

DD Fortusini, LMO Brusberg, JS Sutherland - US Patent 10,684,419, 2020 - Google Patents
Optical waveguide connector elements for optical coupling optical components of an optical
assembly, such as the edge coupling of optical printed circuit boards. In one embodiment, a …

Evanescent optical couplers employing polymer-clad fibers and tapered ion-exchanged optical waveguides

LMO Brusberg, SA Kuchinsky… - US Patent 10,690,858, 2020 - Google Patents
The evanescent optical coupler is constituted by an IOX waveguide and an optical fiber. The
IOX waveguide is formed in a glass substrate and has a tapered section that runs in an axial …

Channel waveguides with bend compensation for low-loss optical transmission

LMO Brusberg, SA Kuchinsky, RV Roussev… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
The channel waveguides disclosed herein have bend com pensation in the form of at least
one compensated bend section. The channel waveguides are formed in a glass-based …

Optical fiber photonic integrated chip connector interfaces, photonic integrated chip assemblies, and methods of fabricating the same

DL Butler, AF Evans, JS Sutherland - US Patent 11,852,870, 2023 - Google Patents
Optical fiber photonic integrated chip connector interfaces and photonic integrated chip
assemblies utilizing low-profile optical fibers and methods thereof are disclosed. In one …

Low-loss waveguides formed in high-transmission glass using ag-na ion exchange

LMO Brusberg, DD Fortusini - US Patent 12,030,809, 2024 - Google Patents
The low-loss ion exchanged (IOX) waveguide disclosed herein includes a glass substrate
having a top surface and comprising an alkali-aluminosilicate glass with between 3 and 15 …

Methods of forming optical fibers having an expanded core for evanescent optical coupling

AF Evans, DD Fortusini, MJ Li… - US Patent 11,275,213, 2022 - Google Patents
The methods disclosed herein include forming an expanded core in an optical fiber with a
glass core having a core dopant and a core outer surface, and a glass cladding immediately …