L Chen, C Doerr - US Patent 10,416,381, 2019 - Google Patents
A facet optical coupler, and techniques for forming a facet optical coupler, that includes a waveguide disposed in a trench of a substrate are described. The substrate may be a silicon …
L Chen, C Doerr - US Patent 10,241,268, 2019 - Google Patents
Aspects of the present application provide an optical device comprising a suspended optical component over a cavity, such as an undercut region in a substrate. The cavity is filled with a …
C Doerr, L Chen, L Chen - US Patent 10,345,525, 2019 - Google Patents
Photonic integrated circuits including controllable cantilevers are described. Such photonic integrated circuits may be used in connection with other optical devices, in which light is …
L Chen - US Patent 10,203,453, 2019 - Google Patents
Techniques for forming a facet optical coupler to couple light at an edge of silicon substrate are described. The facet optical coupler includes a silicon substrate, a layer of second …
L Chen, C Doerr, L Chen - US Patent 10,571,633, 2020 - Google Patents
Cantilevered waveguides suspended above an air cavity in an underlying substrate are described. The waveguide is formed by patterning a waveguide layer in some embodi …
Y Bian - US Patent 11,803,016, 2023 - Google Patents
Structures for an edge coupler and methods of fabricating such structures. The structure includes a substrate, a waveguide core, and a metamaterial layer positioned in a vertical …
RM Hickey - US Patent App. 17/737,743, 2022 - Google Patents
An example device comprises: a substrate comprising a waveguide material having a waveguide refractive index (RIwG); a first layer of oxide on the substrate having an RI, lower …
Y Bian - US Patent 11,808,995, 2023 - Google Patents
Structures for an edge coupler and methods of fabricating such structures. The structure includes a back-end-of-line stack located over a substrate. The back-end-of-line stack …
L Chen - US Patent 11,556,020, 2023 - Google Patents
Integrated wavelength selectors are described. The wavelength selector may include silicon nitride ring resonator disposed vertically between a heater and a temperature sensor. The …