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公开(公告)号:US20200174186A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-04
申请号:US16703242
申请日:2019-12-04
Applicant: IMEC VZW , KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Inventor: Wouter Jan WESTERVELD , Veronique ROCHUS , Simone SEVERI , Roelof JANSEN
Abstract: A waveguide for guiding an electro-magnetic wave comprises: a first waveguide part; and a second waveguide part; wherein the first waveguide part has a first width in a first direction (Y) perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the electro-magnetic wave and the second waveguide part has a second width in the first direction (Y), wherein the second width is larger than the first width; and wherein the first and the second waveguide parts are spaced apart by a gap in a second direction (Z) perpendicular to the first and second planes in which the waveguide parts are formed, wherein the gap has a size which is sufficiently small such that the first and second waveguide parts unitely form a single waveguide for guiding the electro-magnetic wave.A photonic integrated circuit component, a sensor and an actuator comprising the waveguide are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200319019A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-08
申请号:US16840269
申请日:2020-04-03
Applicant: IMEC VZW , KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Inventor: Wouter Jan WESTERVELD , Roelof JANSEN , Xavier ROTTENBERG , Veronique ROCHUS
IPC: G01H9/00
Abstract: A sensor structure for an acoustical pressure sensor. The structure comprises an optical waveguide closed-loop resonator and a plurality of sensor elements, wherein the individual sensor elements of the plurality of sensor elements are configured to be affected by an acoustical pressure wave such that a physical property of the individual sensor element is changed. Further, the optical waveguide closed-loop resonator is arranged at said plurality of sensor elements and associated with each of the individual sensor elements of the plurality of sensor elements such that a resonance frequency of the optical waveguide closed-loop resonator is shifted due to the affected physical properties of all individual sensor elements of the plurality of sensor elements.
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公开(公告)号:US20240201138A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-20
申请号:US18532687
申请日:2023-12-07
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Fabrice-Roland LAMBERTI , Roelof JANSEN , Xavier ROTTENBERG , Jon KJELLMAN
CPC classification number: G01N29/36 , G01N29/2418
Abstract: A sensor device comprises: a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor comprises an optical resonance element configured to be affected by a measurand and has a mutually unique optical resonance frequency; the sensors being configured to receive at least one of a first and a second sensor interrogation signals forming a plurality of signal component pairs, wherein a difference in frequency between the frequencies in the signal component pair is different for different signal component pairs; wherein each sensor is configured to modulate an optical intensity of at least one frequency of a mutually unique signal component pair; and a detector, being configured to receive the first sensor interrogation signal and the second sensor interrogation signal, wherein the detector is configured to detect a plurality of mutually unique beat frequencies for detecting a plurality of measurements by the plurality of sensors.
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公开(公告)号:US20230003939A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-05
申请号:US17851647
申请日:2022-06-28
Applicant: IMEC VZW , Universiteit Gent
Inventor: Wim BOGAERTS , Wouter Jan WESTERVELD , Roelof JANSEN
Abstract: An integrated photonic device for wavelength division multiplexing comprises: a wavelength-splitting/combining component configured to be re-used for both splitting a single signal to be split, wherein the signal to be split comprises plural wavelengths, to plural split signals, wherein each of the plural split signals is related to a unique wavelength band, and combining plural signals to be combined, wherein each of the plural signals to be combined is related to a unique wavelength band, to a single combined signal, wherein the wavelength-splitting/combining component comprises at least one output channel for providing an output signal and at least one response channel for receiving a response input signal from a light interaction induced by the output signal, wherein the output channel and the response channel are connected to different ports of the wavelength-splitting/combining component.
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公开(公告)号:US20200173843A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-04
申请号:US16703657
申请日:2019-12-04
Applicant: IMEC VZW , KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Inventor: Wouter Jan WESTERVELD , Veronique ROCHUS , Simone SEVERI , Roelof JANSEN
Abstract: A sensor comprises: a thin structure, which is configured to receive a force for deforming a shape of the thin structure and which is arranged above a substrate; and a waveguide for guiding an electro-magnetic wave comprising: a first waveguide part; and a second waveguide part; wherein the second waveguide part has a larger width than the first waveguide part; and wherein the first and the second waveguide parts are spaced apart by a gap which is sufficiently small such that the first and second waveguide parts unitely form a single waveguide, wherein one of the first and the second waveguide part is arranged at least partly on the thin structure and another of the first and the second waveguide part is arranged on the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20190196111A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-27
申请号:US16231452
申请日:2018-12-22
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Bruno FIGEYS , Veronique ROCHUS , Roelof JANSEN , Xavier ROTTENBERG
Abstract: An integrated photonic device comprises: an input waveguide configured to extend in an input plane, and an output waveguide configured to extend in an output plane, wherein the output plane is parallel to or contained within the input plane; an input coupler optically coupled to the input waveguide, wherein the input coupler is configured to redirect a light signal out of the input waveguide and the input plane; a light property modifier configured to receive the light signal from the input coupler and reflect the light signal towards the output plane, wherein the light property modifier is configured to selectively adjust an optical path length of the light signal; and an output coupler optically coupled to the output waveguide, wherein the output coupler is configured to receive the reflected light signal from the light property modifier and redirect the light signal into the output waveguide and the output plane.
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公开(公告)号:US20180364121A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-20
申请号:US16006835
申请日:2018-06-12
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Roelof JANSEN , Xavier ROTTENBERG , Veronique ROCHUS
Abstract: A force sensing device comprises: a membrane (120), which is configured to deform upon receiving a force; a first Mach Zehnder-type interferometer device (110); a second Mach Zehnder-type interferometer device (130), wherein a first measurement propagation path (114) of the first Mach Zehnder-type interferometer device (110) and a second measurement propagation path (134) of the second Mach Zehnder-type interferometer device (130) are arranged on or in the membrane (120), and wherein the first measurement propagation path (114) and the second measurement propagation path (134) are differently sensitive to applied force on the membrane (120).
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