Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Silicon thermal-optic phase shifter with improved optical performance
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Application No.: US16716139Application Date: 2019-12-16
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Publication No.: US11513375B2Publication Date: 2022-11-29
- Inventor: Ming Gai Stanley Lo , Vipulkumar K. Patel , Mark A. Webster , Prakash B. Gothoskar
- 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: G02F1/01
- IPC: G02F1/01 ; G02F1/025 ; G02F1/225 ; G02B6/12

Abstract:
A thermo-optic phase shifter comprises an optical waveguide comprising a P-type region comprising a first contact, an N-type region comprising a second contact, and a waveguide region disposed between the P-type region and the N-type region and having a raised portion. The thermo-optic phase shifter further comprises one or more heating elements. The one or more heating elements include one or more discrete resistive heating elements or the P-type and N-type regions driven as resistive heating elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210181543A1 SILICON THERMAL-OPTIC PHASE SHIFTER WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PERFORMANCE Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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