MODE EXPANSION WAVEGUIDE AND SPOT SIZE CONVERTER COMPRISING SUCH FOR DIRECT COUPLING WITH FIBER

    公开(公告)号:US20220260785A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17613530

    申请日:2020-05-19

    Abstract: A waveguide comprising: a tapered-width first waveguide portion and second waveguide portions and a third waveguide portion, such that along a first direction, widths of a first and the second waveguide portions gradually increase towards a first end of the third waveguide portion, and a distance, in a second direction, between the first waveguide portion and the second waveguide portion gradually decreases from a second end of the first waveguide portion to the first end of the first waveguide portion, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and the maximum distance Gmax between the second end of the first waveguide portion and a second end of the second waveguide portion is greater than 0.2 μm and less than 0.48 μm; and the waveguide has a refractive index between 2 and 4 at a 1550 nm wavelength.

    Communications systems comprising waveguide arrays for realizing localized quantum walks

    公开(公告)号:US11165508B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US17261947

    申请日:2019-07-11

    Abstract: A waveguide array that includes a plurality of waveguides disposed in a substrate. The plurality of waveguides include one or more first waveguides that have a first propagation constant and one or more second waveguides that have a second propagation constant, where the first propagation constant differs from the second propagation constant. The one or more first waveguides and the one or more second waveguides are disposed in the substrate in a linear distribution and at least a portion of the linear distribution is arranged based on a quasi-periodic sequence having a plurality of sequence segments. Each sequence segment is determined based on a quasi-periodic function, has an order, and corresponds to an arrangement segment of a first waveguide, a second waveguide, or combinations thereof. The linear distribution includes at least one arrangement segment corresponding with a third-order sequence segment or higher of the quasi-periodic sequence.

    OPTICAL SYSTEMS COMPRISING BINARY PHOTONICS LATTICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240069279A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US17766793

    申请日:2020-09-22

    CPC classification number: G02B6/1225

    Abstract: A binary photonics lattice that includes a waveguide array having a plurality of single mode waveguides disposed in a substrate, the plurality of single mode waveguides including one or more first waveguides having a first V-number V1 and one or more second waveguides having a second V-number V2. The first V-number V1 is smaller than the second V-number V2. The one or more first and second waveguides are arranged in a linear distribution having first and second edge waveguide regions and a binary waveguide region positioned between the first and second edge waveguide regions. The binary waveguide region is a symmetrical binary representation of a decimal number of two or greater. Further, the binary waveguide region includes at least one first waveguide representing a digit 0 of the symmetrical binary representation and/or at least one second waveguide representing a digit 1 of the symmetrical binary representation.

    HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240036248A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18225409

    申请日:2023-07-24

    CPC classification number: G02B6/02328 G02B6/032

    Abstract: A hollow-core optical fiber may include a hollow core extending along a central longitudinal axis of the fiber; a substrate; a plurality of first cladding elements spaced apart from each other and positioned between the hollow core and the substrate, each of the first cladding elements extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the fiber, each of the first cladding elements including a first capillary; and a plurality of second cladding elements spaced apart from each other and positioned between the hollow core and the substrate, each of the second cladding elements extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the fiber, each of the second cladding elements including a second capillary. Each of the first cladding elements directly contacts the inner surface of the substrate, and none of the second cladding elements directly contacts the inner surface of the substrate.

    HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240036250A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18226324

    申请日:2023-07-26

    CPC classification number: G02B6/02328 G02B6/03622 G02B6/02376 G02B6/02361

    Abstract: A hollow-core optical fiber may include a hollow-core extending along a central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber; a substrate; a first cladding positioned between the central longitudinal axis and an inner surface of the substrate, the first cladding surrounding the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and having a Bragg structure configured to provide a photonic bandgap operable to confine an optical signal with a wavelength λ propagating in the hollow-core of the hollow-core optical fiber; and a second cladding positioned between the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and the inner surface of the substrate, the second cladding surrounding the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and including a plurality of cladding elements configured to provide an anti-resonant effect at the wavelength λ, the anti-resonant effect operable to confine the optical signal at the wavelength λ in the hollow-core.

    MULTICORE RING FIBERS FOR QUANTUM SYSTEMS, AND SUCH SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20210103090A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US17034014

    申请日:2020-09-28

    Abstract: A multicore optical fiber that includes a plurality of waveguiding cores disposed in a cladding. The plurality of waveguiding cores include one or more first waveguiding cores that have a first propagation constant and one or more second waveguiding cores that have a second propagation constant, where the first propagation constant differs from the second propagation constant. The one or more first waveguiding cores and the one or more second waveguiding cores are disposed in the cladding in a ring distribution and at least a portion of the ring distribution is arranged based on a quasi-periodic sequence having a plurality of sequence segments. Each sequence segment is determined based on a quasi-periodic function, has an order, and corresponds to an arrangement segment of a first waveguiding cores, a second waveguiding cores, or combinations thereof. The ring distribution includes at least one arrangement segment corresponding with a third-order sequence segment or higher of the quasi-periodic sequence.

    Optical systems comprising binary photonics lattices

    公开(公告)号:US12181711B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-31

    申请号:US17766793

    申请日:2020-09-22

    Abstract: A binary photonics lattice that includes a waveguide array having a plurality of single mode waveguides disposed in a substrate, the plurality of single mode waveguides including one or more first waveguides having a first V-number V1 and one or more second waveguides having a second V-number V2. The first V-number V1 is smaller than the second V-number V2. The one or more first and second waveguides are arranged in a linear distribution having first and second edge waveguide regions and a binary waveguide region positioned between the first and second edge waveguide regions. The binary waveguide region is a symmetrical binary representation of a decimal number of two or greater. Further, the binary waveguide region includes at least one first waveguide representing a digit 0 of the symmetrical binary representation and/or at least one second waveguide representing a digit 1 of the symmetrical binary representation.

    HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240036253A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18226343

    申请日:2023-07-26

    CPC classification number: G02B6/032

    Abstract: A hollow-core optical fiber may include a substrate having a tubular shape and an inner surface surrounding a central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber; a hollow core extending through the substrate along the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber; and a plurality of cladding elements positioned between the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber and the substrate. Each of the plurality of cladding elements may extend in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the hollow-core optical fiber. Each of the plurality of cladding elements may include a wound glass sheet configured as a spiral, and each of the plurality of cladding elements may contact an interior surface of the substrate.

    HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240036252A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18226319

    申请日:2023-07-26

    CPC classification number: G02B6/032

    Abstract: A hollow-core optical fiber may include a hollow core extending along a central longitudinal axis of the fiber; a substrate, the substrate having a tubular shape and an inner surface surrounding the central longitudinal axis of the fiber; and a plurality of cladding elements positioned between the hollow core and the substrate, each of the cladding elements extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the fiber. Each of the cladding elements includes a primary capillary, the primary capillary directly contacting the inner surface of the substrate and having an inner surface defining a cavity, and a plurality of nested capillaries positioned within the cavity, each of the nested capillaries directly contacting the inner surface of the primary capillary.

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