ON-CHIP OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE AND NETWORK
    4.
    发明公开
    ON-CHIP OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE AND NETWORK 审中-公开
    片上光学互连结构和网络

    公开(公告)号:EP3296781A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-21

    申请号:EP15894657.4

    申请日:2015-06-12

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an on-chip optical interconnection structure and network. The on-chip optical interconnection structure includes M levels of optical switching devices; and m th -level optical switching devices in the M levels of optical switching devices include 2 m -1 optical switching devices. Each optical switching device in (i-1) th -level optical switching devices in the M levels of optical switching devices is connected to two optical switching devices in i th -level optical switching devices. Two optical switching devices that are in the i th -level optical switching devices and that are connected to a same optical switching device in the (i-1) th -level optical switching devices are connected. The on-chip optical interconnection network is divided into levels, and switching devices connected in a grid manner are formed, so that hierarchical switching may be performed, and conflicts and delays in communication are reduced. In addition, optical switching devices at a bottom layer of the on-chip optical interconnection structure allow faster and more effective communication between computer components without accessing an optical switching device at a higher layer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例涉及片上光互连结构和网络。 片上光互连结构包括M级光开关器件; M级光开关器件中的第m级光开关器件包括2m-1光开关器件。 M级光开关器件中第(i-1)级光开关器件中的每个光开关器件连接到第i级光开关器件中的两个光开关器件。 连接在第i级光开关器件中并且连接到第(i-1)级光开关器件中的相同光开关器件的两个光开关器件。 片上光互连网络被分成多个级别,并且形成以网格方式连接的交换设备,使得可以执行分级切换,并且减少通信中的冲突和延迟。 此外,片上光互连结构的底层的光开关器件允许计算机组件之间的更快和更有效的通信,而无需访问更高层处的光开关器件。

    OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING A WIDE BRILLOUIN BANDWIDTH
    5.
    发明公开
    OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING A WIDE BRILLOUIN BANDWIDTH 审中-公开
    光学波导具有宽广的布里渊带宽

    公开(公告)号:EP3296777A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-21

    申请号:EP17180384.4

    申请日:2017-07-07

    IPC分类号: G02B6/036 G02B6/122 G02B6/132

    摘要: An embodiment of a waveguide has a Brillouin bandwidth, and includes cladding and a core. The cladding includes first layers of a first material, each first layer having a physical characteristic of approximately a first value, and includes second layers of a second material, each second layer having the physical characteristic of approximately a second value, the second layers alternating with the first layers such that the Brillouin bandwidth is wider than the Brillouin bandwidth would be if the cladding excluded the first layers or excluded the second layers. For example, the first and second cladding layers can be formed from different materials, or can be formed having different values of a physical characteristic such as thickness, acoustic velocity, or index of refraction. Such a waveguide can facilitate alignment of the waveguide's optical bandwidth with the waveguide's Brillouin bandwidth because the Brillouin bandwidth is widened compared to conventional waveguides.

    摘要翻译: 波导的实施例具有布里渊带宽,并且包括包层和核心。 包层包括第一材料的第一层,每个第一层具有近似第一值的物理特性,并且包括第二材料的第二层,每个第二层具有近似第二值的物理特性,第二层与第二材料交替 如果包层不包括第一层或排除第二层,则第一层使得布里渊带宽比布里渊带宽更宽。 例如,第一包覆层和第二包覆层可以由不同材料形成,或者可以形成为具有不同的物理特性值,例如厚度,声速或折射率。 这种波导可以促进波导的光学带宽与波导的布里渊带宽对准,因为布里渊带宽比传统波导宽。

    DOUBLE-LAYER HIGH-CONFINEMENT ACOUSTO-OPTIC WAVEGUIDE
    6.
    发明公开
    DOUBLE-LAYER HIGH-CONFINEMENT ACOUSTO-OPTIC WAVEGUIDE 审中-公开
    双层高密度声光波导

    公开(公告)号:EP3296693A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-21

    申请号:EP17178894.6

    申请日:2017-06-30

    摘要: An acousto-optic waveguide (100) comprises a cladding region (110) comprising a first material having a first refractive index and a first acoustic velocity, and a pair of optical waveguide layers (120,122) embedded in and extending through the cladding region. The optical waveguide layers are separated from one another by a gap region (130) comprising the first material. The optical waveguide layers (120,122) each comprise a second material having a second refractive index that is higher than the first refractive index and a second acoustic velocity that is higher than the first acoustic velocity. The optical waveguide layers (120,122) substantially confine acoustic waves that are generated during optical signal propagation through the acousto-optic waveguide. The acoustic waves are substantially confined to the area around the optical waveguide layers (120,122) and the gap region (130) along the direction of the optical signal propagation.

    摘要翻译: 一种声光波导(100)包括包含具有第一折射率和第一声速的第一材料的包层区域(110),以及嵌入并延伸穿过包层区域的一对光波导层(120,122)。 光波导层通过包括第一材料的间隙区域(130)彼此分离。 光波导层(120,122)各自包括具有高于第一折射率的第二折射率和高于第一声波速率的第二声波速率的第二材料。 光波导层(120,122)基本上限制在光信号传播通过声光波导期间产生的声波。 声波基本上沿着光信号传播的方向被限制在光波导层(120,122)和间隙区域(130)周围的区域。

    POINT-SYMMETRIC MACH-ZEHNDER-INTERFEROMETER DEVICE
    8.
    发明公开
    POINT-SYMMETRIC MACH-ZEHNDER-INTERFEROMETER DEVICE 审中-公开
    点对称马赫 - 干涉仪 - 干涉仪

    公开(公告)号:EP3223049A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-27

    申请号:EP16161719.6

    申请日:2016-03-22

    IPC分类号: G02B6/293 G02B6/28

    摘要: The present invention provides a Point-Symmetric Mach-Zehnder-Interferometer (PSMZI) device 100, comprising three consecutive path delay sections (PDSs) provided as two outer PDS 102 and one center PDS 101, each PDS 101, 102 including an upper waveguide arm 103 and a lower waveguide arm 104. The PSMZI device 100 also includes four asymmetric couplers (ACs) each AC 105 including an upper waveguide portion 106 and a lower waveguide portion 107. One AC 105 is arranged directly on each side of each PDS 101, 102, the upper and lower waveguide portions 106, 107 being respectively coupled to the upper and lower waveguide arms 103, 104. Further, the AC 105 on the one side of the PDS 101, 102 is point-symmetric to the AC 105 on the other side of the PDS 101, 102, and the two ACs 105 and the one outer PDS 102 arranged on the one side of the center PDS 101 are together point-symmetric to the two ACs 105 and the one outer PDS 102 arranged on the other side of the center PDS 101.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种点对称马赫曾德尔干涉仪(PSMZI)装置100,其包括作为两个外部PDS 102和一个中心PDS 101提供的三个连续路径延迟部分(PDS),每个PDS 101,102包括上部波导臂 103和下波导臂104.PSMZI装置100还包括四个不对称耦合器(AC),每个AC 105包括上波导部分106和下波导部分107.一个AC 105直接布置在每个PDS 101的每侧上, 如图102所示,上波导部分106和下波导部分107分别耦合到上波导臂103和下波导臂104.此外,PDS 101,102的一侧上的AC 105与 PDS101,102的另一侧以及布置在中心PDS101的一侧上的两个AC105和一个外侧PDS102一起点对称于布置在另一侧上的两个AC105和一个外侧PDS102 中心PDS 101的一侧。

    MONOLITHIC PHYSICALLY DISPLACEABLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
    9.
    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

    申请人: INTEL CORP

    IPC分类号: G02B6/12

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 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。