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公开(公告)号:US11769988B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-26
申请号:US16665435
申请日:2019-10-28
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Eran Aharon , Itshak Kalifa , Elad Mentovich , Matan Galanty , Isabelle Cestier
CPC classification number: H01S5/18313 , H01S5/0261 , H01S5/0607 , H01S5/0614 , H01S5/18355 , H01S5/18369 , H01S5/18394 , H01S5/4087 , H01S5/423 , H10N30/30
Abstract: A tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is provided. The VCSEL includes a VCSEL emission structure, piezoelectric material, and a piezoelectric electrode. The VCSEL emission structure includes a first reflector; a second reflector; and an active cavity material structure disposed between the first and second reflectors. The active cavity material structure includes an active region. The piezoelectric material is mechanically coupled to the VCSEL emission structure such that when the piezoelectric material experiences a mechanical stress, the mechanical stress is transferred to the active cavity material structure of the VCSEL emission structure. The piezoelectric electrode is designed to cause an electric field within the piezoelectric material. The electric field causes the piezoelectric material to experience the mechanical stress, which causes the active cavity material structure to experience the mechanical stress, which causes the emission wavelength of the VCSEL to be modified from a nominal wavelength of the VCSEL.
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公开(公告)号:US20230261860A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US18135954
申请日:2023-04-18
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Elad Mentovich , Itshak Kalifa , Ioannis (Giannis) Patronas , Paraskevas Bakopoulos , Eyal Waldman
CPC classification number: H04L9/0858 , H04B10/70
Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a quantum key distribution enabled intra-datacenter network. An example system includes a first vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), a second VCSEL and a network interface controller. The first VCSEL is configured to emit a first optical signal associated with data. The second VCSEL is configured to emit a second optical signal associated with quantum key distribution (QKD). Furthermore, the network interface controller is configured to manage transmission of the first optical signal associated with the first VCSEL and the second optical signal associated with the second VCSEL via an optical communication channel coupled to a network interface module.
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公开(公告)号:US11611195B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-21
申请号:US17138623
申请日:2020-12-30
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Yuri Berk , Vladimir Iakovlev , Tamir Sharkaz , Elad Mentovich , Matan Galanty , Itshak Kalifa
Abstract: Several VCSEL devices for long wavelength applications in wavelength range of 1200-1600 nm are described. These devices include an active region between a semiconductor DBR on a GaAs wafer and a dielectric DBR regrown on the active region. The active region includes multi-quantum layers (MQLs) confined between the active n-InP and p-InAlAs layers and a tunnel junction layer above the MQLs. The semiconductor DBR is fused to the bottom of the active region by a wafer bonding process. The design simplifies integrating the reflectors and the active region stack by having only one wafer bonding followed by regrowth of the other layers including the dielectric DBR. An air gap is fabricated either in an n-InP layer of the active region or in an air gap spacer layer on top of the semiconductor DBR. The air gap enhances optical confinement of the VCSEL. The air gap may also contain a grating.
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公开(公告)号:US11563307B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-24
申请号:US16578583
申请日:2019-09-23
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Itshak Kalifa , Elad Mentovich
Abstract: Example vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) include a mesa structure disposed on a substrate, the mesa structure including a first reflector, a second reflector defining at least one diameter, and an active cavity material structure disposed between the first and second reflectors; and a second contact layer disposed at least in part on top of the mesa structure and defining a physical emission aperture having a physical emission aperture diameter. The ratio of the physical emission aperture diameter to the at least one diameter is greater than or approximately 0.172 and/or the ratio of the physical emission aperture diameter to the at least one diameter is less than or approximately 0.36. An example VCSEL includes a substrate; a buffer layer disposed on a portion of the substrate; and an emission structure disposed on the buffer layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20220376476A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-24
申请号:US17303050
申请日:2021-05-19
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Yuri Berk , Vladimir Iakovlev , Anders Larsson , Itshak Kalifa , Matan Galanty , Isabelle Cestier , Elad Mentovich
Abstract: Methods for forming an at least partially oxidized confinement layer of a semiconductor device and corresponding semiconductor devices are provided. The method comprises forming two or more layers of a semiconductor device on a substrate. The layers include an exposed layer and a to-be-oxidized layer. The to-be-oxidized layer is disposed between the substrate and the exposed layer. The method further comprises etching, using a masking process, a pattern of holes that extend through the exposed layer at least to a first surface of the to-be-oxidized layer. Each hole of the pattern of holes extends in a direction that is transverse to a level plane that is parallel to the first surface of the to-be-oxidized layer. The method further comprises oxidizing the to-be-oxidized layer through the pattern of holes by exposing the two or more layers of the semiconductor device to an oxidizing gas to form a confinement layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11303379B1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-12
申请号:US17160422
申请日:2021-01-28
Applicant: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Inventor: Donald Becker , Dimitrios Kalavrouziotis , Boaz Atias , Itshak Kalifa , Tamir Sharkaz , Paraskevas Bakopoulos , Elad Mentovich
IPC: H04J14/02 , H04B10/2581 , H04Q11/00 , H04J14/08
Abstract: A system includes a pair of network devices, a universal multi-core fiber (UMCF) interconnect, and a pair of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) devices. Each network device includes (i) first optical communication devices configured to communicate first optical signals having a first carrier wavelength and (ii) second optical communication devices configured to communicate second optical signals having a second carrier wavelength. The universal multi-core fiber (UMCF) interconnect includes multiple cores that are configured to convey the first optical signals and the second optical signals between the network devices, using single-mode propagation for the first optical signals and multi-mode propagation for the second optical signals. Each WDM device is connected between a respective network device and the UMCF interconnect and configured to couple the first and second optical communication devices of the respective network device to the cores in accordance with a defined channel assignment.
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公开(公告)号:US20210364718A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US16928045
申请日:2020-07-14
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Donald Becker , Dimitrios Kalavrouziotis , Boaz Atias , Itshak Kalifa , Tamir Sharkaz , Elad Mentovich
IPC: G02B6/43 , G02B6/02 , G02B6/42 , H04B10/2581 , H04J14/02
Abstract: A universal multi-core fiber (UMCF) interconnect includes multiple optical fiber cores and a shared cladding. Each of the optical fiber cores is configured to convey first optical communication signals having a first carrier wavelength using multi-mode propagation, and to convey second optical communication signals having a second carrier wavelength using single-mode propagation. The shared cladding encloses the multiple optical fiber cores.
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公开(公告)号:US10203366B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-12
申请号:US15199105
申请日:2016-06-30
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Alex Burlak , Lion Bassat , Itshak Kalifa , Kfir Margalit , Morees Ghandour , Alon Webman , Elad Mentovich , Sylvie Rockman , Evelyn Landman
Abstract: A transducer reliability testing and VCSEL failure prediction method are provided. The method includes applying a testing temperature and a constant current to a VCSEL for a testing time. The method monitors a forward voltage of the VCSEL and determines if a first change in forward voltage is above a first predetermined threshold over the testing time and if a second change in forward voltage is above a second predetermined threshold over a portion of the testing time. The method determines failure of the VCSEL if either of these predetermined thresholds are exceeded. The method determines passage of the VCSEL if the first change in the forward voltage and the second change in the forward voltage are both below the first predetermined threshold and the second predetermined threshold, respectively.
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公开(公告)号:US10177841B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-08
申请号:US15087562
申请日:2016-03-31
Applicant: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Inventor: Elad Mentovich , Itshak Kalifa , Sylvie Rockman , Alon Webman , Dalit Kimhi , Alex Dikopoltsev
IPC: H04B10/08 , H04B17/00 , H04J14/02 , H04B10/04 , H04B10/079 , H04B10/572 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/25
Abstract: An electro-optic transceiver module, method of manufacturing, and method of transmitting signals are provided that allow multiple optical signals at different wavelengths (e.g., according to CWDM) to be combined for transmission via a number of optical fibers that is smaller than the number of electrical channels according to which the optical signals were generated. Thus, CWDM may be used in connection with lower-cost VCSEL technology (e.g., as opposed to higher-cost edge-emitting lasers) by providing for wavelength compensation at the VCSEL driver to offset any changes in wavelength that may have otherwise occurred at the VCSELs. In particular, a microcontroller of the electro-optic transceiver module correlates a monitored temperature of the VCSELs to an actual wavelength of the corresponding optical signals transmitted by the respective VCSELS and determined an adjustment in a current supplied by the VCSEL driver to each VCSEL to achieve more precise and consistent wavelengths at the VCSELs.
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公开(公告)号:US09692511B1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-27
申请号:US15082313
申请日:2016-03-28
Applicant: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD
Inventor: Alon Webman , Evelyn Landman , Eyal Waldman , Elad Mentovich , Sylvie Rockman , Itshak Kalifa , Yaakov Gridish
CPC classification number: H04B10/2504 , H04B10/0795 , H04B10/40
Abstract: A reconfigurable and redundant electro-optical connector and corresponding method are provided. The connector may include a first plurality of transducers in communication with a first port and a second plurality of transducers in communication with a second port, the first port and the first transducers defining a first channel and the second port and the second transducers defining a second channel. The connector may include a selective combiner to combine the first optical signals and the second optical signals, and a controller in communication with each of the transducers. The controller may transmit at least a first portion of a first datalink on at least the first channel in a first configuration. The controller may redistribute the first portion of the first datalink onto at least the second channel in a second configuration.
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