OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER WITH IMPROVED LINEARITY

    公开(公告)号:US20240184180A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18060903

    申请日:2022-12-01

    CPC classification number: G02F1/225 G02F1/212 G02F2203/50

    Abstract: Example optical devices having a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with improved linearity are presented. An example optical device may include an MZI and a microring resonator (MRR) optically coupled to any one of a first optical waveguide arm or a second optical waveguide arm, where the MRR is operable in a resonance state and in an off-resonance state during operation of the optical device. The MZI includes a length difference between the first optical waveguide arm and the second optical waveguide arm thereby achieving a quarter-period phase delay between optical signals of the first optical waveguide arm and the second optical waveguide arm such that a superlinear transmission region of the microring resonator is aligned with peaks of an optical output of the MZI improving linearity of the optical output of the MZI.

    PARITY TIME SYMMETRIC DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS WITH PHASE TUNING

    公开(公告)号:US20230408852A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US17843352

    申请日:2022-06-17

    CPC classification number: G02F1/01708

    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide for devices and methods for obtaining parity time (PT) symmetric directional couplers through improved phase tuning, along with separate optical gain and optical loss tuning. The present disclosure integrates phase tuning and optical gain/loss tuning structures into waveguides of directional couplers disclosed herein. In some examples, directional couplers disclosed herein integrate one or more hybrid metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors (MOSCAPs) formed by a dielectric layer between two semiconductor layers that provide for phase tuning via plasma dispersion and/or carrier accumulation depending on voltage bias polarity, and one or more optically active medium that provide for optical gain or loss tuning depending on voltage bias polarity.

    OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING WAVEGUIDE INTEGRATED MODULATOR AND LIGHT MONITORING AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE

    公开(公告)号:US20230228943A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17648250

    申请日:2022-01-18

    Inventor: Yuan Yuan Di Liang

    CPC classification number: G02B6/2934 G02B6/12019 H01L31/107

    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to an optical device, such as, a ring resonator, that includes a ring waveguide. The ring resonator includes a ring waveguide to allow passage of light therethrough. Further, the ring resonator includes a modulator formed along a first section of the circumference of the ring waveguide to modulate the light inside the ring waveguide based on an application of a first reverse bias voltage to the modulator. Moreover, the ring resonator includes an avalanche photodiode (APD) isolated from the modulator and formed along a second section of the circumference of the ring waveguide to detect the intensity of the light inside the ring waveguide based on an application of a second reverse bias voltage to the APD. The second section is shorter than the first section, and the second reverse bias voltage is higher than the first reverse bias voltage.

    Temperature insensitive optical receiver

    公开(公告)号:US11637214B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17664462

    申请日:2022-05-23

    Abstract: A device may include: a highly doped n+ Si region; an intrinsic silicon multiplication region disposed on at least a portion of the n+ Si region, the intrinsic silicon multiplication having a thickness of about 90-110 nm; a highly doped p− Si charge region disposed on at least part of the intrinsic silicon multiplication region, the p− Si charge region having a thickness of about 40-60 nm; and a p+ Ge absorption region disposed on at least a portion of the p− Si charge region; wherein the p+ Ge absorption region is doped across its entire thickness. The thickness of the n+ Si region may be about 100 nm and the thickness of the p− Si charge region may be about 50 nm. The p+ Ge absorption region may confine the electric field to the multiplication region and the charge region to achieve a temperature stability of 4.2 mV/°C.

    TEMPERATURE INSENSITIVE OPTICAL RECEIVER

    公开(公告)号:US20230057021A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17664462

    申请日:2022-05-23

    Abstract: A device may include: a highly doped n+ Si region; an intrinsic silicon multiplication region disposed on at least a portion of the n+ Si region, the intrinsic silicon multiplication having a thickness of about 90-110 nm; a highly doped p− Si charge region disposed on at least part of the intrinsic silicon multiplication region, the p− Si charge region having a thickness of about 40-60 nm; and a p+ Ge absorption region disposed on at least a portion of the p− Si charge region; wherein the p+ Ge absorption region is doped across its entire thickness. The thickness of the n+ Si region may be about 100 nm and the thickness of the p− Si charge region may be about 50 nm. The p+ Ge absorption region may confine the electric field to the multiplication region and the charge region to achieve a temperature stability of 4.2 mV/° C.

    RESONATORS-BASED PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL NEURAL NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20250021809A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18487452

    申请日:2023-10-16

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for devices and methods for implementing an optical neural network (ONN) by leveraging resonator structures, such on micro-ring resonators (MRRs). Examples include unit cells configured to perform a linear transformation on optical signals. Each unit cell comprises a plurality of signal mixing components optically coupled to between adjacent waveguides, where each signal mixing component corresponds to a distinct wavelength and is configured to mix optical signals on the adjacent waveguides at the distinct wavelength. Each unit cell also includes a plurality of phase tuning components each corresponding to a distinct wavelength and configured to adjust a phase of a mixed optical signal at the distinct wavelength.

    Parity time symmetric directional couplers with phase tuning

    公开(公告)号:US11953766B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17843352

    申请日:2022-06-17

    CPC classification number: G02F1/01708

    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide for devices and methods for obtaining parity time (PT) symmetric directional couplers through improved phase tuning, along with separate optical gain and optical loss tuning. The present disclosure integrates phase tuning and optical gain/loss tuning structures into waveguides of directional couplers disclosed herein. In some examples, directional couplers disclosed herein integrate one or more hybrid metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors (MOSCAPs) formed by a dielectric layer between two semiconductor layers that provide for phase tuning via plasma dispersion and/or carrier accumulation depending on voltage bias polarity, and one or more optically active medium that provide for optical gain or loss tuning depending on voltage bias polarity.

    OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A GRATED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE TO IMPROVE MODULATION EFFICIENCY

    公开(公告)号:US20240036365A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US17815403

    申请日:2022-07-27

    CPC classification number: G02F1/025 G02B6/12004 G02B6/34

    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to an optical device that entails phase shifting an optical signal. The optical device includes an optical waveguide having a first semiconductor material region and a second semiconductor material region formed adjacent to each other and defining a junction therebetween. Further, the optical device includes an insulating layer formed on top of the optical waveguide. Moreover, the optical device includes a III-V semiconductor layer formed on top of the insulating layer causing an optical mode of an optical signal passing through the optical waveguide to overlap with the first semiconductor material region, the second semiconductor material region, the insulating layer, and the III-V semiconductor layer thereby resulting in a phase shift in the optical signal passing through the optical waveguide.

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