Dual-laser chip-scale lidar for simultaneous range-doppler sensing

R Kremer, K Sayyah - US Patent 10,914,822, 2021 - Google Patents
A chip-scale lidar system includes a first light source to output a first signal, and a second
light source to output a second signal. A transmit beam coupler provides an output signal for …

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 …

Chip-scale LIDAR with a single MEMS scanner in a compact optical package

O Efimov, R Sarkissian, K Sayyah… - US Patent 10,564,263, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A LIDAR system, optical coupler for a LIDAR system and method of optical
communication. The LIDAR system includes an optical coupler having a chip-side face in …

Tapered photonic waveguide to optical fiber proximity coupler

RA Budd - US Patent 9,563,018, 2017 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention generally relates to photonic wave guide structures,
and more particularly, to photonic wave guide structures coupling to optical fibers. Single …

Heterogeneously integrated chip-scale lidar system

PR Patterson, B Huang, JH Schaffner… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A lidar system includes a photonic chip including a light source and a transmit beam coupler
to provide an output signal for transmission. The output signal is a frequency modulated …

Chip-scale LIDAR with a single 2D MEMS scanner

K Sayyah, O Efimov, PR Patterson… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A LIDAR system, LIDAR chip and method of manufactur ing a LIDAR chip. The LIDAR
system includes a photonic chip configured to transmit a transmitted light beam and to …

Calibration and alignment of coherent lidar system

PR Patterson, K Sayyah, O Efimov… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A lidar system includes a light source to generate a fre quency modulated
continuous wave (FMCW) signal, and a waveguide splitter to split the FMCW signal into an …

Heterogeneous integration of curved mirror structure for passive alignment in chip-scale lidar

K Sayyah, O Efimov, P Patterson, R Sarkissian… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A chip-scale coherent lidar system includes a photonic chip that includes a light source, a
transmit beam coupler to provide an output signal, and a receive beam coupler to receive 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 …

Antireflection structure for integrated laser diode/photonic chip interface

K Sayyah, PR Patterson, B Huang - US Patent 10,615,568, 2020 - Google Patents
A method of manufacturing a LIDAR chip and applying an anti-reflection (AR) coating to a
coupling structure of the LIDAR chip. The coupling structure if formed on a wafer. A pocket is …