MONOLITHIC PHYSICALLY DISPLACEABLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
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    发明公开
    MONOLITHIC PHYSICALLY DISPLACEABLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES 审中-公开
    MONOLITHISCHE PHYSIKALISCH VERSCHIEBBARE OPTISCHE WELLENLEITER

    公开(公告)号:EP3077860A4

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-02

    申请号:EP13898555

    申请日:2013-12-03

    Applicant: INTEL CORP

    Abstract: A portion of an optical waveguide extending laterally within a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip is at least partially freed from the substrate to allow physical displacement of a released waveguide end relative to the substrate and relative to an adjacent photonic device also fabricated in the substrate. The released waveguide end may be displaced to modulate interaction between the photonic device and an optical mode propagated by the waveguide. In embodiments where the photonic device is an optical coupler, employing for example an Echelle grating or arrayed waveguide grating (AWG), mode propagation through the coupler may be modulated via physical displacement of the released waveguide end. In one such embodiment, thermal sensitivity of an integrated optical wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) is reduced by displacing the released waveguide end relative to the coupler in a manner that counters a temperature dependence of the optical coupler.

    Abstract translation: 在光子集成电路(PIC)芯片内侧向延伸的光波导的一部分至少部分地从衬底释放,以允许释放的波导端相对于衬底和相对于同样制造在衬底中的相邻光子器件的物理位移 。 释放的波导端可以被移位以调制光子器件与由波导传播的光学模式之间的相互作用。 在其中光子器件是光学耦合器的实施例中,例如采用阶梯光栅或阵列波导光栅(AWG),通过耦合器的模式传播可以通过释放的波导端的物理位移来调制。 在一个这样的实施例中,通过以抵消光耦合器的温度依赖性的方式相对于耦合器移位释放的波导端来减小集成光学波分多路复用器(WDM)的热灵敏度。

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