公开(公告)号：US20190179064A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US15838498

申请日：2017-12-12

申请人： Chunshu ZHANG ,  Eric BERNIER ,  Dominic John GOODWILL

发明人： Chunshu ZHANG ,  Eric BERNIER ,  Dominic John GOODWILL

IPC分类号： G02B5/18 ,  G02F1/29 ,  G01S17/10

摘要： A polarization insensitive optical phased array is provided, for LIDAR or other purposes. A polarization rotator splitter or two-dimensional grating coupler provides two components of co-polarized (e.g. TE-polarized) light. Each component can be routed to a separate optical phased array (OPA) component, and light output of one of the OPA components is rotated in polarization by use of a half wave plate. A polarization controller can receive and control the two components of co-polarized light and then passes the controlled light to the two OPA components. A single OPA component can also be used along with a controller which combines the two components of co-polarized light into a single output, passed to the single OPA component.

公开(公告)号：US20210157179A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17101114

申请日：2020-11-23

申请人： Antonino CALA' LESINA ,  Pierre Simon Joseph BERINI ,  Lora RAMUNNO ,  Dominic John GOODWILL ,  Eric BERNIER

发明人： Antonino CALA' LESINA ,  Pierre Simon Joseph BERINI ,  Lora RAMUNNO ,  Dominic John GOODWILL ,  Eric BERNIER

IPC分类号： G02F1/055 ,  G02F1/29

摘要： A pixel for creating an optical phase change includes a transparent electrical insulator, a first electrical conductor disposed on the transparent electrical insulator, the first electrical conductor comprising an antenna component and a connector component, an electrical insulator disposed on the first electrical conductor, a transparent semiconductor disposed on the electrical insulator, and a second electrical conductor disposed on the transparent semiconductor. The transparent semiconductor is sufficiently thick to prevent plasmonic resonance from occurring at an interface between the transparent semiconductor and the second electrical conductor.

公开(公告)号：US20190324201A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：US15957492

申请日：2018-04-19

申请人： Dritan CELO ,  Dominic John GOODWILL ,  Eric BERNIER

发明人： Dritan CELO ,  Dominic John GOODWILL ,  Eric BERNIER

IPC分类号： G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/30 ,  G02B6/122 ,  H01S5/50

摘要： An assembly with optical gain assisted optical transposer is provided. The optical transposer which optically couples a fibre array unit and a photonic integrated circuit. The optical transposer includes one or more optical gain elements which are configured to provide optical compensation, for example optical gain to mitigate optical losses associated with multistage photonic integrated devices. According to some embodiments, the optical gain element is a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). According to some embodiments the photonic integrated circuit is a SiPh PIC.

公开(公告)号：US20170317116A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15269331

申请日：2016-09-19

申请人： Dritan CELO ,  Dominic John GOODWILL ,  Eric BERNIER

发明人： Dritan CELO ,  Dominic John GOODWILL ,  Eric BERNIER

IPC分类号： H01L27/144 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L27/02

CPC分类号： H01L27/1443 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B2006/121 ,  G02B2006/12123 ,  G02B2006/12145 ,  H01L27/0248 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/14647 ,  H01L27/14652 ,  H01L31/02019 ,  H01L31/02325 ,  H01L31/105

摘要： The present application provides an electrostatic discharge guard structure for photonic platform based photodiode systems. In particular this application provides a photodiode assembly comprising: a photodiode (such as a Si or SiGe photodiode); a waveguide (such as a silicon waveguide); and a guard structure, wherein the guard structure comprises a diode, extends about all or substantially all of the periphery of the Si or SiGe photodiode and allows propagation of light from the silicon waveguide into the Si or SiGe photodiode.

公开(公告)号：US20080254797A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-16

申请号：US11761583

申请日：2007-06-12

申请人： Guyves ACHTARI ,  Eric BERNIER ,  Kent FELSKE

发明人： Guyves ACHTARI ,  Eric BERNIER ,  Kent FELSKE

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W36/0083 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/28

摘要： A system, method and apparatus for facilitating handoff of communications with a user device between a first communication network having a first domain technology, and a second communication network having a second domain technology different from the first domain technology, the system, method and apparatus includes an anchor point that establishes a first service flow with the first communication network, and a second service flow with the second communication network based upon a triggering event respectively, with the user device, and a handoff device that receives at least one handoff parameter for determining a handoff operation of the user device from the first communication network to the second communication network.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在具有第一域技术的第一通信网络和具有与第一域技术不同的第二域技术的第二通信网络之间促进与用户设备的通信切换的系统，方法和装置，所述系统，方法和装置包括： 与所述第一通信网络建立第一服务流的锚点和与所述用户设备分别基于触发事件的第二通信网络的第二服务流，以及接收至少一个切换参数以用于确定的切换设备 用户设备从第一通信网络到第二通信网络的切换操作。

公开(公告)号：US20180180818A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15388861

申请日：2016-12-22

申请人： Jia JIANG ,  Eric BERNIER

发明人： Jia JIANG ,  Eric BERNIER

IPC分类号： G02B6/30 ,  G02B6/14 ,  G02B6/122

CPC分类号： G02B6/305 ,  G02B6/1228 ,  G02B6/14

摘要： An optical coupler at an edge of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is provided and configured to match a mode of a waveguide of the PIC to a mode of an external optical fiber. A core of the waveguide terminates prior to the edge and can include an inverted taper for mode enlargement. The waveguide cladding includes an inverted taper and is surrounded by an outer cladding material of lower refractive index, forming a second waveguide. The cladding and outer cladding cooperate to guide light between the core and the edge while the inverted taper contributes to mode enlargement. The outer cladding material is selected to have a refractive index which facilitates the mode matching to optical fiber. The coupler can be provided using lithography. Material underneath the waveguide cladding can be removed by an undercutting process and the outer cladding material deposited in place thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20190238224A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US15883540

申请日：2018-01-30

申请人： Mohammad Mehdi MANSOURI RAD ,  Hamid MEHRVAR ,  Zhiping JIANG ,  Eric BERNIER

发明人： Mohammad Mehdi MANSOURI RAD ,  Hamid MEHRVAR ,  Zhiping JIANG ,  Eric BERNIER

IPC分类号： H04B10/079 ,  H04J14/02 ,  H04B10/071 ,  H04B10/80 ,  H04B10/299

摘要： A monitoring and calibration apparatus for an optical networking device such as ROADM is provided. Reflectors are integrated into the device, for example at the ends of optical interconnect cables. The reflectors reflect light in specific monitoring wavelengths and pass other wavelengths such as those used for communication. A light source emits monitoring light which is reflected by the reflector and measured by a detector to measure the integrity of optical paths. The optical paths can include optical cables and cable connectors. Path integrity between different modules of the device can therefore be monitored. Multiple reflectors, reflecting light in different wavelengths, can be placed in series along the same optical path and used to monitor multiple segments of the path. A wavelength selective switch (WSS) of the device can be used to route monitoring light to different optical paths. The WSS also operates to route communication signals in the device.