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公开(公告)号:US12153254B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US18114772
申请日:2023-02-27
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Dongjae Shin , Hyunil Byun , Jinmyoung Kim , Changgyun Shin , Changbum Lee
Abstract: Provided is an optical isolator including a semiconductor substrate, an optical attenuator and an optical amplifier aligned with each other on the semiconductor substrate, an input optical waveguide connected to the optical attenuator, and an output optical waveguide connected to the optical amplifier, wherein a gain of the optical amplifier decreases based on an intensity of light incident on the optical amplifier increasing, wherein a first input light incident on the optical attenuator through the input optical waveguide is output as a first output light through the output optical waveguide, and a second input light incident on the optical amplifier through the output optical waveguide is output as a second output light through the input optical waveguide, and wherein when an intensity of the first input light and an intensity of the second input light are equal, an intensity of the first output light is greater than an intensity of the second output light.
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公开(公告)号:US12140824B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-12
申请号:US17842327
申请日:2022-06-16
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Duhyun Lee , Changgyun Shin , Sunil Kim , Junghyun Park , Byunggil Jeong
Abstract: A light modulator for amplifying an intensity of incident light and modulating a phase of the incident light is provided. The light modulator includes: a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) layer having a first reflectivity and comprising at least two first refractive index layers that have different refractive indices from each other and are repeatedly alternately stacked; a second DBR layer having a second reflectivity and comprising at least two second refractive index layers that have different refractive indices from each other and are repeatedly alternately stacked; and an active layer disposed between the first DBR layer and the second DBR layer, and comprising a quantum well structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20240201336A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-20
申请号:US18215419
申请日:2023-06-28
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Changbum LEE , Woosung Kim , Changgyun Shin
IPC: G01S7/481
CPC classification number: G01S7/4814 , G01S17/931
Abstract: Provided is a wavelength control system including a wavelength tunable laser diode including at least one optical amplifier, and a processor configured to control a tunable wavelength range of the wavelength tunable laser diode by adjusting a bias current applied to the at least one optical amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US11927670B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US17976190
申请日:2022-10-28
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Dongjae Shin , Hyunil Byun , Changgyun Shin , Bongyong Jang
IPC: G01S17/42 , G01S7/4865 , G01S17/26 , G01S17/931 , G01S17/00
CPC classification number: G01S17/42 , G01S7/4865 , G01S17/26 , G01S17/931
Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) apparatus capable of extracting speed information and distance information of objects in front thereof is provided. The LiDAR apparatus includes: a continuous wave light source configured to generate continuous wave light; a beam steering device configured to emit the continuous wave light to an object for a first time and stop emitting the continuous wave light to the object for a second time; a receiver configured to receive the continuous wave light that is reflected from the object to form a reception signal; and a signal processor configured to obtain distance information and speed information about the object based on the reception signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20230258966A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-17
申请号:US18307080
申请日:2023-04-26
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Dongsik SHIM , Changgyun Shin , Changbum Lee
CPC classification number: G02F1/025 , G01S7/4814 , H01S5/0201 , H01S5/0218 , H01S5/0282 , H01S5/3013 , H01S5/0071 , H01S5/021 , H01S5/4025 , H01S5/4075 , H01S2301/176 , G02F1/292
Abstract: Provided in a method of fabricating an optical element array including providing a silicon substrate, providing a first element layer on the silicon substrate, the first element layer including a plurality of passive optical elements, providing a plurality of semiconductor blocks on a compound semiconductor wafer, providing semiconductor dies by dicing the compound semiconductor wafer by the plurality of semiconductor blocks, and providing a second element layer by providing the semiconductor dies on the first element layer, each of the plurality of semiconductor blocks contacting at least one corresponding passive optical element from among the plurality of passive optical elements.
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公开(公告)号:US11630262B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US17357503
申请日:2021-06-24
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Dongjae Shin , Hyunil Byun , Jinmyoung Kim , Changgyun Shin , Changbum Lee
Abstract: Provided is an optical isolator including a semiconductor substrate, an optical attenuator and an optical amplifier aligned with each other on the semiconductor substrate, an input optical waveguide connected to the optical attenuator, and an output optical waveguide connected to the optical amplifier, wherein a gain of the optical amplifier decreases based on an intensity of light incident on the optical amplifier increasing, wherein a first input light incident on the optical attenuator through the input optical waveguide is output as a first output light through the output optical waveguide, and a second input light incident on the optical amplifier through the output optical waveguide is output as a second output light through the input optical waveguide, and wherein when an intensity of the first input light and an intensity of the second input light are equal, an intensity of the first output light is greater than an intensity of the second output light.
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公开(公告)号:US11611397B1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-21
申请号:US17699553
申请日:2022-03-21
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyunil Byun , Dongjae Shin , Changgyun Shin , Inoh Hwang
IPC: H04B10/548 , H04B10/50
Abstract: Provided is an optical modulating device including a substrate including first and second trenches, a phase modulator in a region of the substrate, the phase modulator including an undoped region provided between the first and the second trenches, and first and a second doped regions which are apart from each other with the undoped region therebetween, wherein the phase modulator is configured to modulate a phase of light traveling through the undoped region based on a first electrical signal applied to the phase modulator, an amplifier including a first doped layer, a quantum well layer, a clad layer, and a second doped layer sequentially on the substrate, the amplifier overlapping at least a portion of the phase modulator and being configured to amplify the light based on a second electrical signal applied to the amplifier, and an insulating layer between the phase modulator and the amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US20230063732A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17721624
申请日:2022-04-15
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Dongjae Shin , Hyunil Byun , Kyunghyun Son , Changgyun Shin , Tatsuhiro Otsuka , Jisan Lee
IPC: G01S7/4865 , G01S17/26 , G01S7/486
Abstract: An object detection device and an operating method thereof are provided. The object detection device detects light and outputs a received signal, which is an electrical signal, time-delays a part of the received signal with respect to a rest of the received signal, converts the rest of the received signal into a digital signal, converts the time-delayed part of the received signal into one or more time-delayed digital signals, and determines a distance to an object based on the digital signal and the one or more time-delayed digital signals.
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公开(公告)号:US20220334255A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-20
申请号:US17478391
申请日:2021-09-17
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Dongjae SHIN , Hyunil Byun , Changgyun Shin , Changbum Lee , Inoh Hwang
Abstract: Provided is a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) apparatus including a plurality of switches connected in a binary tree structure, a light source and a photodetector respectively connected to a root switch provided on a root node of the binary tree structure, and a light transmission/reception optical system connected to a plurality of terminal switches provided at a plurality of terminal nodes of the binary tree structure, the light transmission/reception optical system being configured to transmit light to an outside of the LiDAR apparatus or receive light from the outside, wherein the root switch is a 2×2 switch including a first upstream side port, a second upstream side port, a first downstream side port, and a second downstream side port, and wherein the light source is connected to the first upstream side port and the photodetector is connected to the second upstream side port.
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公开(公告)号:US11372104B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-28
申请号:US16135874
申请日:2018-09-19
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sunil Kim , Byounglyong Choi , Changgyun Shin
IPC: G01S17/04 , G01S17/89 , G02F1/29 , G01S7/481 , G02B27/00 , G01S17/42 , G01S17/93 , G06T7/521 , G02B27/09
Abstract: Provided are an optical sensing system and an optical apparatus including the same. The optical sensing system may include a light output part configured to emit a laser beam to an object, and a sensing part configured to sense a laser beam emitted from the light output part and reflected from the object. The sensing part may include a photodetector and the active optical device located on an optical path between the photodetector and the object. The active optical device may actively control an orientation of a laser beam passing therethrough and may include a material layer having a refractive index which is changeable by application of an electrical signal.
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