Optical junction apparatus and methods employing optical power transverse-transfer
    31.
    发明授权
    Optical junction apparatus and methods employing optical power transverse-transfer 有权
    光学接合装置及采用光功率横向传输的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07379638B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-27

    申请号:US11623688

    申请日:2007-01-16

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42

    摘要: An optical apparatus comprises an optical device fabricated on a substrate, an external-transfer optical waveguide fabricated on the substrate and/or on the optical device, and a transmission optical waveguide. The optical device and/or the external-transfer waveguide are adapted for and positioned for transfer of optical power therebetween (end-transfer or transverse-transfer). The external-transfer waveguide and/or the transmission waveguide are adapted for transverse-transfer of optical power therebetween (mode-interference-coupled or adiabatic). The transmission waveguide is initially provided as a component mechanically separate from the substrate, device, and external-transfer waveguide. Assembly of the transmission waveguide with the substrate, device, and/or external-transfer waveguide results in relative positioning of the external-transfer waveguide and the transmission waveguide for enabling transverse-transfer of optical power therebetween. Optical power transfer between the device and the transmission waveguide through the external-transfer waveguide is thereby enabled. The transmission waveguide may preferably comprise a planar waveguide on a waveguide substrate.

    摘要翻译: 光学装置包括制造在基板上的光学装置,在基板上和/或光学装置上制造的外部转移光波导和透射光波导。 光学器件和/或外部传输波导适用于并定位用于在其间传递光功率(终端传输或横向传输)。 外部传输波导和/或传输波导适用于其间的光功率的横向传输(模干扰耦合或绝热)。 传输波导最初设置为与基板,器件和外部传输波导机械分离的部件。 具有衬底,器件和/或外部传输波导的传输波导的组装导致外部传输波导和传输波导的相对定位,以实现它们之间的光功率的横向传递。 从而能够通过外部传输波导在器件与透射波导之间进行光功率传递。 传输波导可以优选地包括在波导衬底上的平面波导。

    Optical assemblies for free-space optical propagation between waveguide(s) and/or fiber(s)
    32.
    发明授权
    Optical assemblies for free-space optical propagation between waveguide(s) and/or fiber(s) 有权
    波导和/或光纤之间的自由空间光学传播的光学组件

    公开(公告)号:US07269317B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-11

    申请号:US10652955

    申请日:2003-08-29

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26

    摘要: An optical apparatus comprises a substrate, first and second transmission optical elements on the substrate, and an optical component (such as an isolator) and focusing optical element(s) on the substrate between the transmission elements. Transmission elements may include planar waveguide(s) formed on the substrate and/or optical fiber(s) mounted in groove(s) on the substrate. The focusing element(s) may include: gradient-index (GRIN) segment(s) mounted on the substrate or spliced onto a fiber, a focusing segment(s) of a planar waveguide, ball lens(es), aspheric lens(es), and/or Fresnel lens(es). A dual-lens optical assembly comprises a pair of GRIN segments secured to a substrate in one or more grooves, and may be formed from a common length of GRIN optical medium. An optical component (such as an isolator) is positioned between the paired GRIN segments, and optical power is transmitted by the dual-lens assembly between planar waveguide(s) and/or fiber(s) through the optical component.

    摘要翻译: 光学装置包括基板,基板上的第一和第二透射光学元件以及光学部件(例如隔离器)和在透光元件之间的基板上的聚焦光学元件。 传输元件可以包括形成在衬底上的平面波导和/或安装在衬底上的凹槽中的光纤。 聚焦元件可以包括:安装在基板上或拼接到光纤上的梯度折射率(GRIN)段,平面波导的聚焦段,球透镜,非球面透镜 )和/或菲涅尔透镜。 双透镜光学组件包括在一个或多个凹槽中固定到基底的一对GRIN部分,并且可以由公共长度的GRIN光学介质形成。 光学部件(例如隔离器)位于成对的GRIN部分之间,并且光功率由双透镜组件在平面波导和/或光纤之间通过光学部件传输。

    Micro-hermetic packaging of optical devices
    33.
    发明授权
    Micro-hermetic packaging of optical devices 失效
    光学器件的微封装

    公开(公告)号:US06981806B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-03

    申请号:US10613226

    申请日:2003-07-03

    IPC分类号: G02B6/00 G02B6/36

    摘要: A method for micro-hermetic packaging of an optical device comprises: forming a micro-hermetic cavity on a substrate; providing a transmission optical waveguide transferring optical power between the interior and the exterior of the micro-hermetic cavity; fabricating or mounting at least one optical device within the micro-hermetic cavity; enabling optical power transfer between the optical device and the transmission optical waveguide; and sealing the optical device within the micro-hermetic cavity. The micro-hermetic cavity may be fabricated of a size comparable to the optical device, and many such cavities may be simultaneously fabricated on a single substrate using wafer-scale processing. The transmission optical waveguide, electrical feed-throughs, and/or other monitoring/controlling components may be provided with the micro-hermetic cavity on the same substrate, or as a separate component and/or on a separate substrate. Alternatively, the optical device, transmission optical waveguide, and any other associated components may be embedded in transparent material for hermetic sealing.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于微型密封封装光学器件的方法包括:在衬底上形成微密封空腔; 提供在微密封腔的内部和外部之间传输光焦度的透射光波导; 在微密封腔内制造或安装至少一个光学装置; 实现光学器件与透射光波导之间的光功率传递; 并将光学装置密封在微密封腔内。 微密封腔可以由与光学装置相当的尺寸制造,并且许多这样的空腔可以使用晶片级处理在单个衬底上同时制造。 传输光波导,电馈通和/或其他监视/控制部件可以在相同的基板上,或作为单独的部件和/或在单独的基板上设置微密封空腔。 或者,光学装置,透射光波导和任何其它相关联的部件可以嵌入透明材料中以进行气密密封。

    Semiconductor photodetector with internal reflector
    35.
    发明授权
    Semiconductor photodetector with internal reflector 有权
    具有内部反射器的半导体光电探测器

    公开(公告)号:US07148465B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-12

    申请号:US11345055

    申请日:2006-01-31

    IPC分类号: H01L31/00

    摘要: A photodetector comprises a semiconductor substrate with entrance and reflecting faces formed at the substrate upper surface. The reflecting face forms an acute angle with the substrate surface and is positioned so that an optical beam transmitted through the entrance face into the substrate is internally reflected from the reflecting face toward the substrate upper surface. A photodetector active region is formed on the substrate upper surface and is positioned so that the reflected optical beam impinges on the active region. The photodetector may be mounted on a second substrate for receiving an optical beam from a planar waveguide formed on the second substrate or an optical fiber mounted in a groove on the second substrate.

    摘要翻译: 光电检测器包括具有形成在基板上表面处的入射面和反射面的半导体基板。 反射面与基板表面形成锐角并且被定位成使得通过入射面透射到基板中的光束从反射面向基板上表面反射。 光电检测器有源区形成在衬底上表面上并且被定位成使得反射的光束照射在有源区上。 光电检测器可以安装在第二基板上,用于接收来自形成在第二基板上的平面波导的光束或安装在第二基板上的凹槽中的光纤。

    Burst mode linear optical receivers
    36.
    发明授权
    Burst mode linear optical receivers 有权
    突发模式线性光接收机

    公开(公告)号:US08190035B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-29

    申请号:US12616594

    申请日:2009-11-11

    申请人: Henry A. Blauvelt

    发明人: Henry A. Blauvelt

    IPC分类号: H04B10/06

    CPC分类号: H04B10/693

    摘要: Techniques are provided for implementing a burst mode optical receiver capable of maintaining a stable gain profile in response to a burst signal. The optical receiver has a photodiode in balanced circuit configuration with a separate RF amplifier stage connected to each terminal of the photodiode. The two RF amplifier stages are coupled to biasing voltage sources that are inverted in comparison to the terminal connections and that, in some examples, each contain a field effect transistor (FET) that having a gate that is controlled in response to a sensed voltage. The burst mode optical receiver may be used in numerous applications, including optical line terminations (OLTs) in passive optical networks (PONs).

    摘要翻译: 提供技术用于实现能够响应于突发信号而保持稳定增益分布的突发模式光接收机。 光接收器具有平衡电路配置中的光电二极管,其具有连接到光电二极管的每个端子的单独的RF放大器级。 两个RF放大器级耦合到与端子连接相反的偏置电压源,并且在一些示例中,每个包含具有响应于感测电压而被控制的栅极的场效应晶体管(FET)。 突发模式光接收机可用于许多应用,包括无源光网络(PON)中的光线路终端(OLT)。

    Low Chirp Coherent Light Source
    37.
    发明申请
    Low Chirp Coherent Light Source 审中-公开
    低啁啾相干光源

    公开(公告)号:US20110134957A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-09

    申请号:US12632625

    申请日:2009-12-07

    IPC分类号: H01S5/026

    摘要: A coherent light source having a semiconductor laser resonator and an optical amplifier which amplifies coherent light emitted by the semiconductor laser resonator in response to current injection, in which the amount of current injected into the semiconductor laser is controlled for conformity with a chirp requirement of an optical communication system. The optical amplifier, which introduces no chirp, may be controlled to match an optical power requirement of the optical communication system. A heater may be provided to introduce a low frequency chirp in order to suppress interferometric intensity noise and unwanted second-order effects such as stimulated Brillouin Scattering. The optical amplifier may be monolithically formed with the semiconductor laser resonator, with separate electrodes provided for injecting current into the semiconductor laser resonator and the optical amplifier.

    摘要翻译: 具有半导体激光谐振器和光放大器的相干光源,其响应于电流注入放大由半导体激光谐振器发射的相干光,其中注入到半导体激光器中的电流量被控制为符合半导体激光谐振器的啁啾要求 光通信系统。 可以控制不引入啁啾的光放大器,以匹配光通信系统的光功率要求。 可以提供加热器以引入低频啁啾,以便抑制干涉强度噪声和不期望的二阶效应,例如受激布里渊散射。 光放大器可以与半导体激光谐振器单片地形成,其中设置有用于将电流注入到半导体激光谐振器和光放大器中的单独电极。

    Optical element for free-space propagation between an optical waveguide and another optical waveguide, component, or device
    38.
    发明授权
    Optical element for free-space propagation between an optical waveguide and another optical waveguide, component, or device 失效
    用于光波导与另一光波导,部件或器件之间的自由空间传播的光学元件

    公开(公告)号:US07622708B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-24

    申请号:US12114605

    申请日:2008-05-02

    IPC分类号: H01J5/02

    CPC分类号: G02B6/125 G02B2006/12102

    摘要: An optical element comprises a substantially transparent material having opposing first and second transmission surfaces and a substantially flat mounting surface between them, an alignment mark, and an optical coating. The optical element is mounted self-supporting on a substrate with the mounting surface on a mating portion thereof. With the alignment mark aligned to a corresponding mark on the substrate, waveguides on the substrate can be end-coupled by reflection from the first transmission surface. The transmission and mounting surfaces are arranged to position the transmission surfaces at respective orientations relative to the substrate surface so that an optical beam propagating substantially parallel to the substrate surface and entering the optical element through the first transmission surface propagates as an optical beam through the optical element above the mounting surface and exits the optical element through the second transmission surface. The optical element can further include a lens or an aperture.

    摘要翻译: 光学元件包括基本上透明的材料,其具有相对的第一和第二透射表面以及它们之间的基本平坦的安装表面,对准标记和光学涂层。 光学元件被自支撑安装在基板上,其中安装表面在其配合部分上。 利用对准标记对准衬底上的相应标记,衬底上的波导可以通过来自第一透射表面的反射而端接。 透射和安装表面布置成将透射表面相对于衬底表面定位在各自的取向处,使得基本上平行于衬底表面传播并通过第一透射表面进入光学元件的光束作为光束传播通过光学 元件在安装表面上方并且通过第二传输表面离开光学元件。 光学元件还可以包括透镜或孔。

    OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR FREE-SPACE PROPAGATION BETWEEN AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND ANOTHER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, COMPONENT, OR DEVICE
    39.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR FREE-SPACE PROPAGATION BETWEEN AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND ANOTHER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, COMPONENT, OR DEVICE 失效
    光学元件与光波导与其他光波导,元件或器件之间的自由空间传播的光学元件

    公开(公告)号:US20080272282A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-06

    申请号:US12114605

    申请日:2008-05-02

    IPC分类号: G01J1/42 G02B6/10 H01J5/16

    CPC分类号: G02B6/125 G02B2006/12102

    摘要: An optical element comprises a substantially transparent material having opposing first and second transmission surfaces and a substantially flat mounting surface between them, an alignment mark, and an optical coating. The optical element is mounted self-supporting on a substrate with the mounting surface on a mating portion thereof. With the alignment mark aligned to a corresponding mark on the substrate, waveguides on the substrate can be end-coupled by reflection from the first transmission surface. The transmission and mounting surfaces are arranged to position the transmission surfaces at respective orientations relative to the substrate surface so that an optical beam propagating substantially parallel to the substrate surface and entering the optical element through the first transmission surface propagates as an optical beam through the optical element above the mounting surface and exits the optical element through the second transmission surface. The optical element can further include a lens or an aperture.

    摘要翻译: 光学元件包括基本上透明的材料,其具有相对的第一和第二透射表面以及它们之间的基本平坦的安装表面,对准标记和光学涂层。 光学元件被自支撑安装在基板上,其中安装表面在其配合部分上。 利用对准标记对准衬底上的相应标记,衬底上的波导可以通过来自第一透射表面的反射而端接。 透射和安装表面布置成将透射表面相对于衬底表面定位在各自的取向处,使得基本上平行于衬底表面传播并通过第一透射表面进入光学元件的光束作为光束传播通过光学 元件在安装表面上方并且通过第二传输表面离开光学元件。 光学元件还可以包括透镜或孔。

    Multiple-core planar optical waveguides and methods of fabrication and use thereof
    40.
    发明授权
    Multiple-core planar optical waveguides and methods of fabrication and use thereof 有权
    多芯平面光波导及其制造和使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US07373067B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-13

    申请号:US11623610

    申请日:2007-01-16

    IPC分类号: G02B6/10

    摘要: A multiple-core optical waveguide comprises: a substrate; lower and upper waveguide core layers; a waveguide core between the upper and lower waveguide core layers; upper and lower cladding; and middle cladding between the upper and lower waveguide core layers substantially surrounding the waveguide core. Each of the lower, middle, and upper claddings has a refractive index less than refractive indices of the lower waveguide core layer, the upper waveguide core layer, and the waveguide core. Along at least a given portion of the optical waveguide, the upper and lower waveguide core layers extend bilaterally substantially beyond the lateral extent of a propagating optical mode supported by the optical waveguide, the lateral extent of the supported optical mode being determined at least in part by the width of the waveguide core along the given portion of the optical waveguide.

    摘要翻译: 多芯光波导包括:基板; 上下波导芯层; 在上下波导芯层之间的波导芯; 上下包层; 以及基本上围绕波导芯的上下波导芯层之间的中间包层。 下部,中部和上部包层中的每一个具有小于下部波导芯层,上部波导芯层和波导芯的折射率的折射率。 沿着光波导的给定部分,上波导芯层和下波导芯层两侧基本上延伸超过由光波导支撑的传播光学模式的横向范围,支撑的光学模式的横向范围至少部分地被确定 沿着光波导的给定部分的波导芯的宽度。