OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER WITH IMPROVED LINEARITY

    公开(公告)号:US20240184180A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18060903

    申请日:2022-12-01

    CPC classification number: G02F1/225 G02F1/212 G02F2203/50

    Abstract: Example optical devices having a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with improved linearity are presented. An example optical device may include an MZI and a microring resonator (MRR) optically coupled to any one of a first optical waveguide arm or a second optical waveguide arm, where the MRR is operable in a resonance state and in an off-resonance state during operation of the optical device. The MZI includes a length difference between the first optical waveguide arm and the second optical waveguide arm thereby achieving a quarter-period phase delay between optical signals of the first optical waveguide arm and the second optical waveguide arm such that a superlinear transmission region of the microring resonator is aligned with peaks of an optical output of the MZI improving linearity of the optical output of the MZI.

    OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A GRATED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE TO IMPROVE MODULATION EFFICIENCY

    公开(公告)号:US20240036365A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US17815403

    申请日:2022-07-27

    CPC classification number: G02F1/025 G02B6/12004 G02B6/34

    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to an optical device that entails phase shifting an optical signal. The optical device includes an optical waveguide having a first semiconductor material region and a second semiconductor material region formed adjacent to each other and defining a junction therebetween. Further, the optical device includes an insulating layer formed on top of the optical waveguide. Moreover, the optical device includes a III-V semiconductor layer formed on top of the insulating layer causing an optical mode of an optical signal passing through the optical waveguide to overlap with the first semiconductor material region, the second semiconductor material region, the insulating layer, and the III-V semiconductor layer thereby resulting in a phase shift in the optical signal passing through the optical waveguide.

    OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING OPTICAL SUPPLY SUB-SYSTEM WITH REDUNDANT LIGHT SOURCE

    公开(公告)号:US20250035850A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18358468

    申请日:2023-07-25

    Abstract: An example optical system having an optical supply sub-system for supplying light to a photonic integrated circuit is presented. The optical supply sub-system includes a primary light source, an auxiliary light source, a first optical coupler, and a second optical coupler. The first optical coupler includes a first metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor microring resonator (MOSCAP MRR) and the first optical coupler includes a second MOSCAP MRR. The first optical coupler is coupled to the primary light source and the photonic integrated circuit to control the propagation of the primary light to the photonic integrated circuit. The auxiliary light source may be configured to generate an auxiliary light when the primary light source malfunctions and the first MOSCAP MRR and the second MOSCAP MRR are controlled to control propagation of the auxiliary light from the auxiliary light source to the photonic integrated circuit.

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