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 …

An optical waveguide structure may include an optical waveguide structure located within a
semiconductor structure and an optical coupler. The optical coupler may include a metallic …

An optical waveguide structure may include a dielectric layer having a top surface, an optical
waveguide structure, and an optical coupler embedded within the dielectric layer. The …

A method forms a vertical output coupler for a waveguide that propagates light along a
horizontal propagation direction, through a waveguide material that overlies a buried oxide …

US PATENT DOCUMENTS 1918, 848 A 4, 1929 Land 4,017,332 A 4, 1977 James
4,827,335 A 5, 1989 Saito 4,880,613 A 11, 1989 Satoh 4,896,941 A 1/1990 Hayashi …

An improved low-loss waveguide crossover uses an out-of plane. Such as vertical,
waveguide to bridge over any number of waveguides with very low, or essentially no. optical …

Described herein are an apparatus, system, and method for providing a vertical optical
coupler (VOC) for planar photonics circuits such as photonics circuits fabricated on silicon …

Integrated optical structures include a first wafer layer, a first insulator layer directly
connected to the top of the first wafer layer, a second wafer layer directly connected to the …

An optical waveguide extends vertically within the interior of an IC-like Structure to route
optical Signals between horizontal waveguides in different layers of horizontal opti cal …

The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip having coupling elements that couple
electromagnetic radiation hav ing a frequency outside of the visible spectrum between a …