Heterogeneous integration for mid-infrared silicon photonics

A Spott, EJ Stanton, N Volet, JD Peters… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous integration enables the construction of silicon (Si) photonic systems, which
are fully integrated with a range of passive and active elements including lasers and …

In-plane resonant-cavity infrared photodetectors with fully-depleted absorbers

JR Meyer, I Vurgaftman, CL Canedy… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Resonant-cavity infrared photodetector (RCID) devices that include a thin absorber layer
contained entirely within the resonant cavity. In some embodiments, the absorber is a single …

Efficient thermo-optic phase shifters using multi-pass heaters

DM Gill, C Xiong - US Patent 9,684,191, 2017 - Google Patents
Techniques for increasing efficiency of thermo-optic phase shifters using multi-pass heaters
and thermal bridges are provided. In one aspect, a thermo-optic phase shifter device …

Photonics optoelectrical system

W Charles, D Coolbaugh, D La Tulipe… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
There is set forth herein a method including building a first photonics structure using a first
wafer having a first substrate, wherein the building the first photonics structure includes …

Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits

JR Meyer, I Vurgaftman, CL Canedy… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
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REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY reassignment THE GOVERNMENT …

Toward GaSb-Based Monolithically Integrated Widely-Tunable Lasers for Extended Short-and Mid-Wave Infrared Wavelengths

W You, S Dwivedi, II Faruque, DD John… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fully-functional photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platform with supporting active and
passive components in the extended short-and mid-wave infrared spectral regime is of …

Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits

JR Meyer, I Vurgaftman, CL Canedy… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Building blocks are provided for on-chip chemical sensors and other highly-compact
photonic integrated circuits combining interband or quantum cascade lasers and detectors …

In-plane resonant cavity infrared photodetectors with fully depleted absorbers

JR Meyer, I Vurgaftman, CL Canedy… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Resonant-cavity infrared photodetector (RCID) devices that include a thin absorber layer
contained entirely within the resonant cavity. In some embodiments, the absorber is a single …

Monolithical widely tunable quantum cascade laser devices

M Razeghi - US Patent 9,917,418, 2018 - Google Patents
Monolithic, wavelength-tunable QCL devices are provided which comprise a substrate, an
array of QCLs formed on the substrate and an optical beam combiner formed on the …

Efficient thermo-optic phase shifters using multi-pass heaters

DM Gill, C Xiong - US Patent 9,946,099, 2018 - Google Patents
Techniques for increasing efficiency of thermo-optic phase shifters using multi-pass heaters
and thermal bridges are provided. In one aspect, a thermo-optic phase shifter device …