Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photonic chip with an evanescent coupling interface
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Application No.: US15899255Application Date: 2018-02-19
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Publication No.: US10481326B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Vipulkumar Patel , Mark Webster , Ravi Tummidi , Mary Nadeau
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: G02B6/12
- IPC: G02B6/12 ; G02B6/30 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/125 ; G02B6/34 ; G02B6/122 ; G02B6/124

Abstract:
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 embodiment, the photonic chip includes a tapered waveguide that aligns with a tapered waveguide on the external substrate. The respective tapers of the two waveguides are inverted such that as the width of the waveguide in the photonic chip decreases, the width of the waveguide on the external substrate increases. In one embodiment, these two waveguides form an adiabatic structure where the optical signal transfers between the waveguides with minimal or no coupling of the optical signal to other non-intended modes. Using the two waveguides, optical signals can be transmitted between the photonic chip and the external substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180188450A1 PHOTONIC CHIP WITH AN EVANESCENT COUPLING INTERFACE Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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