Abstract:
The present invention relates to an integrated photonic device (1) comprising an image detector (2) that comprises an array of pixels. The device further comprises an integrated waveguide (5) and a light coupler (3) comprising a light receiving part (7) optically coupled to the integrated waveguide (5) for receiving a light signal. The light coupler (3) is adapted for coupling a same predetermined spectral band of the light signal to each of a plurality of pixels of the image detector (2).
Abstract:
An optical sensing device comprises a substrate (S1) carrying a first and a second photodetector (S1, S2) and a filter stack arranged on the substrate and covering the photodetector array. The filter stack comprises a band-pass filter (BP), a decoupling layer (DL) arranged on the band-pass filter (BP) and a lower dielectric mirror (LM) arranged on the decoupling layer (DL). The filter stack comprises a spacer stack with a primary spacer layer(SP) arranged on the lower dielectric mirror (LM), comprising a first dielectric material and covering the photodetector array. The spacer stack comprises a first spacer layer (S1) comprising the first dielectric material, wherein a first segment of the first spacer layer (S1) is arranged on the primary spacer layer (SP) and covers the second photodetector (P2) but not the first photodetector (P1). The filter stack comprises an upper dielectric mirror (UM) arranged on the spacer stack.
Abstract:
Techniques and mechanisms for a monolithic photonic integrated circuit (PIC) to provide spectrometry functionality. In an embodiment, the PIC comprises a photonic device, a first waveguide and a second waveguide, wherein one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide includes a released portion which is free to move relative to a substrate of the PIC. During a metering cycle to evaluate a material under test, control logic operates an actuator to successively configure a plurality of positions of the released portion relative to the photonic device. In another embodiment, light from the first waveguide is variously diffracted by a grating of the photonic device during the metering cycle, where portions of the light are directed into the second waveguide. Different wavelengths of light diffracted into the second waveguide may be successively detected, for different positions of the released portion, to determine spectrometric measurements over a range of wavelength.
Abstract:
Described herein are optical sensing devices for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). A PIC may comprise a plurality of waveguides formed in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate, and a plurality of heterogeneous lasers, each laser formed from a silicon material of the SOI substrate and to emit an output wavelength comprising an infrared wavelength. Each of these lasers may comprise a resonant cavity included in one of the plurality of waveguides, and a gain material comprising a non-silicon material and adiabatically coupled to the respective waveguide. A light directing element may direct outputs of the plurality of heterogeneous lasers from the PIC towards an object, and one or more detectors may detect light from the plurality of heterogeneous lasers reflected from or transmitted through the object.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods can include an optical waveguide coupled to a photonic crystal comprising a dielectric material, the photonic crystal located on an exterior surface of the optical waveguide and comprising a first surface including a first array of periodic features on or within the dielectric material, the array extending in at least two dimensions and including an effective dielectric permittivity different from the surrounding dielectric material. In an example, the periodic features include a specified lattice constant, the periodic features configured to extract a portion of propagating optical energy from the waveguide through the photonic crystal, the portion determined at least in part by the specified lattice constant.