Photonic chip with an evanescent coupling interface

V Patel, M Webster, R Tummidi, M Nadeau - US Patent 9,933,566, 2018 - Google Patents
Embodiments herein describe a photonic chip which includes a coupling interface for
evanescently coupling the chip to a waveguide on an external substrate. In one …

Monolithic physically displaceable optical waveguides

DN Hutchison, H Rong, J Heck - US Patent 10,310,196, 2019 - Google Patents
A portion of an optical waveguide extending laterally within a photonic integrated circuit
(PIC) chip is at least partially freed from the substrate to allow physical displacement of a …

Photonic chip having a monolithically integrated reflector unit and method of manufacturing a reflector unit

A Paquet, F Baribeau - US Patent 10,591,694, 2020 - Google Patents
In one aspect, there is described a photonic chip having a reflector unit which is
monolithically integrated onto a top surface of the photonic chip. In this aspect, the reflector …

Lens array optical coupling to photonic chip

FE Doany, BG Lee, CL Schow - US Patent 9,568,679, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A photonic integrated circuit apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus
includes a photonic chip and a lens array coupling element. The photonic chip includes a …

Photonic integrated circuit with a waveguide crossing structure

CR Doerr - US Patent 8,644,661, 2014 - Google Patents
A photonic integrated circuit comprises a plurality of optical waveguides. Some waveguides
cross some other waveguides at respective crossing locations. Some waveguides have …

Lens array optical coupling to photonic chip

FE Doany, BG Lee, CL Schow - US Patent 9,229,169, 2016 - Google Patents
A photonic integrated circuit apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a photonic chip
and a lens array coupling element. The photonic chip includes a waveguide at a side edge …

Photonic chip with an input wavelength filter

A Novack, R Shi, A Horth, R Ding… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A photonic chip includes a device layer and a port layer, with an optical port
located at the port layer. Inter-layer optical couplers are provided for coupling light between …

Optomechanical assembly for a photonic chip

C Gamache, A Bitzanis, M Ayliffe - US Patent 9,341,786, 2016 - Google Patents
An optomechanical assembly for a photonic chip is disclosed. The optomechanical
assembly may include a planar light wave circuit optically coupled to a plurality of Vertical …

Cantilever couplers for intra-chip coupling to photonic integrated circuits

RM Reano, P Sun - US Patent 8,442,368, 2013 - Google Patents
Abstract Development of Integrated Optical Circuits depends greatly on progress in coupling
light to and between chip devices. Exemplary disclosed embodiments provide a system and …

Suspended photonic waveguides with top side sealing

L Chen, L Chen, C Doerr - US Patent 10,416,380, 2019 - Google Patents
Techniques for forming a photonic device that includes a suspended photonic structure
suspended over a silicon substrate are described. A sealed cavity is positioned between the …