Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active alignment of optical fiber to chip using liquid crystals
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Application No.: US14972376Application Date: 2015-12-17
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Publication No.: US09791629B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Roy Meade , Gurtej Sandhu
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: G02B6/30
- IPC: G02B6/30 ; G02B6/34 ; G02F1/139 ; G02F1/29 ; G02B5/30 ; G02B6/12 ; G02B6/27 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/124 ; G02F1/13363
Abstract:
Devices and systems to perform optical alignment by using one or more liquid crystal layers to actively steer a light beam from an optical fiber to an optical waveguide integrated on a chip. An on-chip feedback mechanism can steer the beam between the fiber and a grating based waveguide to minimize the insertion loss of the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160103283A1 ACTIVE ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL FIBER TO CHIP USING LIQUID CRYSTALS Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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