Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electro-optic combiner and associated methods
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Application No.: US17353789Application Date: 2021-06-21
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Publication No.: US11493694B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Pavan Bhargava , Derek Van Orden , Mark Wade , John Fini , Chen Sun , Milos Popovic , Anatol Khilo
- Applicant: Ayar Labs, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Ayar Labs, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ayar Labs, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Penilla IP, APC
- Main IPC: G02B6/293
- IPC: G02B6/293 ; G02B6/27 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/34 ; G02B27/10 ; G02B27/28 ; H04B10/61 ; H04B10/60

Abstract:
An electro-optic combiner includes a polarization splitter and rotator (PSR) that directs a portion of incoming light having a first polarization through a first optical waveguide (OW). The PSR rotates a portion of the incoming light having a second polarization to the first polarization to provide polarization-rotated light. The PSR directs the polarization-rotated light through a second OW. Each of the first and second OW's has a respective combiner section. The first and second OW combiner sections extend parallel to each other and have opposite light propagation directions. A plurality of ring resonators is disposed between the combiner sections of the first and second OW's and within an evanescent optically coupling distance of both the first and second OW's. Each of ring resonators operates at a respective resonant wavelength to optically couple light from the combiner section of the first OW into the combiner section of the second OW.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210405296A1 Electro-Optic Combiner and Associated Methods Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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