Photonic Apparatus for Controlling Polarization

    公开(公告)号:US20200150338A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16735780

    申请日:2020-01-07

    Abstract: A photonic device may include a lower cladding layer and a device layer. The device layer may include a first waveguide supporting TE and TM light, and a second waveguide, where a portion of a second waveguide core is proximate to a first waveguide core to provide evanescent coupling. The first waveguide core is formed from one of a first core structure or a second core structure, and the second waveguide core is formed from the other structure. The first core structure has an index of refraction nM. The second core structure is formed as alternating layers providing an effective index of refraction for TE polarized light nTE and an effective index of refraction for TM polarized light nTM, where nTM

    Optical waveguide, fabrication methods, and applications

    公开(公告)号:US10585241B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-10

    申请号:US16064537

    申请日:2016-12-20

    Abstract: The present invention is an integrated photonics platform is created through the application of a polymer and silicon dioxide mask, multiple anisotropic etchings with inductively-coupled plasma reactive-ion-etching and a brief isotropic silicon etching to produce a a T-shaped silicon base wafer. A silicon-on-insulator donor wafer is bonded to the silicon base wafer a silicon dioxide layer between the two wafers is removed, producing a finalized T-shaped optical waveguide. The T-shaped optical waveguide causes confinement of the optical mode in the upper region of the “T,” above the connection to the post. This shape prevents leakage of light into the silicon wafer.

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