Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for programmable nonlinear silicon photonic circuit
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Application No.: US16775746Application Date: 2020-01-29
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Publication No.: US11187963B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Chaoran Huang , Thomas Ferreira De Lima , Alexander Tait , Siamak Abbaslou , Aashu Jha , Bhavin Shastri , Paul R. Prucnal , Mitchell A. Nahmias , Hsuan-Tung Peng
- Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
- Applicant Address: US NJ Princeton
- Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
- Current Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Princeton
- Agency: Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP
- Main IPC: G02F1/35
- IPC: G02F1/35 ; G02F1/365

Abstract:
According to various embodiments, an all-optical thresholder device is disclosed. The all-optical thresholder device includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) coupled to a Mach-Zehnder coupler (MZC). The MZI includes at least one microring resonator (MRR) and a first tunable element, where the MRR further includes a second tunable element. The MZC includes a third tunable element. The first, second, and third tunable elements are configured to control biases of the all-optical thresholder device to achieve a desired power transfer function.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210278743A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMABLE NONLINEAR SILICON PHOTONIC CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2021-09-09
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