FAST TUNABLE HYBRID LASER WITH A SILICON-PHOTONIC SWITCH
    1.
    发明申请
    FAST TUNABLE HYBRID LASER WITH A SILICON-PHOTONIC SWITCH 审中-公开
    具有硅光子开关的快速可调谐混合激光器

    公开(公告)号:WO2018085146A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-11

    申请号:PCT/US2017/058767

    申请日:2017-10-27

    IPC分类号: H01S5/14 H01S5/40

    摘要: A tunable laser includes a reflective silicon optical amplifier, RSOA (104) with a reflective end and an interface end and an array of narrow-band reflectors (118), which each have a different center wavelength. It also includes a silicon-photonic optical switch (116), having an input port and N output ports that are coupled to a different narrow-band reflector in the array of narrow-band reflectors. The tunable laser also includes an optical waveguide (107) coupled between the interface end of the RSOA and the input of the silicon- photonic optical switch. The frequency of this tunable laser can be tuned in discrete increments by selectively coupling the input port of the silicon-photonic optical switch to one of the N output ports, thereby causing the RSOA to form a lasing cavity with a selected narrow-band reflector coupled to the selected output port. The tunable laser also includes a laser output (110, 112) optically coupled to the lasing cavity.

    摘要翻译: 可调谐激光器包括反射式硅光放大器,具有反射端和接口端的RSOA(104)以及各自具有不同中心波长的窄带反射器阵列(118)。 它还包括具有输入端口和N个输出端口的硅光子光学开关(116),所述输入端口和N个输出端口耦合到窄带反射器阵列中的不同窄带反射器。 可调谐激光器还包括耦合在RSOA的接口端和硅 - 光子光学开关的输入之间的光波导(107)。 通过将硅光子光学开关的输入端口选择性地耦合到N个输出端口中的一个端口,可以以离散增量调谐该可调谐激光器的频率,从而使RSOA与选定的耦合的窄带反射器形成激光谐振腔 到选定的输出端口。 可调谐激光器还包括光学耦合到激光发射腔的激光输出(110,112)。

    SAFETY-ENHANCED LASER ARRAY
    2.
    发明申请
    SAFETY-ENHANCED LASER ARRAY 审中-公开
    安全增强型激光阵列

    公开(公告)号:WO2016153899A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-29

    申请号:PCT/US2016/022781

    申请日:2016-03-17

    IPC分类号: H04B10/40 H04B10/80

    摘要: When an unsafe port with a loss of signal is detected, a transceiver may enable one laser in a group of lasers associated with the unsafe port and may disable the remaining lasers. Then, the transceiver may instruct a transmitter associated with the one laser to transmit an optical signal on the unsafe port using a reduced transmit power that is less than a threshold value associated with the Class 1 conditions and at a different time than enabled lasers in other groups of lasers. Alternatively, for a safe port on which valid communication is received, the transceiver may enable lasers in a group of lasers associated with the safe port. Then, the transceiver may instruct transmitters associated with the lasers in this group of lasers to transmit optical signals on the safe port using a normal transmit power for the lasers that is greater than the threshold value.

    摘要翻译: 当检测到具有信号丢失的不安全端口时,收发器可以在与不安全端口相关联的一组激光器中启用一个激光器,并且可以禁用剩余的激光器。 然后,收发器可以指示与一个激光器相关联的发射器在不安全端口上使用小于与类别1条件相关联的阈值的衰减的发射功率以及在与其他激光器中的能量激光器不同的时间 激光组。 或者,对于在其上接收有效通信的安全端口,收发器可以使得与安全端口相关联的一组激光器中的激光器成为可能。 然后,收发器可以指示与该组激光器中的激光器相关联的发射器使用大于阈值的激光器的正常发射功率在安全端口上传输光信号。

    MACRO-SWITCH WITH A BUFFERED SWITCHING MATRIX
    3.
    发明申请
    MACRO-SWITCH WITH A BUFFERED SWITCHING MATRIX 审中-公开
    具有缓冲开关矩阵的大开关

    公开(公告)号:WO2016200831A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-15

    申请号:PCT/US2016/036249

    申请日:2016-06-07

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02 H04Q11/00

    摘要: A macro-switch is described. This macro-switch includes facing integrated circuits, one of which implements optical waveguides that convey optical signals, and the other which implements control logic, electrical switches and memory buffers at each of multiple switch sites. Moreover, the macro-switch has a fully connected topology between the switch sites. Furthermore, the memory buffers at each switch site provide packet buffering and congestion relief without causing undue scheduling/routing complexity. Consequently, the macro-switch can be scaled to an arbitrarily large switching matrix (i.e., an arbitrary number of switch sites and/or switching stages).

    摘要翻译: 描述宏开关。 该宏开关包括面向集成电路,其中之一实现传送光信号的光波导,另一个集成电路在多个开关位置的每一个处实现控制逻辑,电开关和存储器缓冲器。 此外,宏交换机在交换机站点之间具有完全连接的拓扑。 此外,每个交换站点处的存储器缓冲器提供分组缓冲和拥塞消除,而不引起不适当的调度/路由复杂度。 因此,宏开关可以被缩放到任意大的开关矩阵(即,任意数量的开关位置和/或开关级)。

    FAST TUNABLE HYBRID LASER
    4.
    发明申请
    FAST TUNABLE HYBRID LASER 审中-公开
    快速可调混合式激光

    公开(公告)号:WO2018085143A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-11

    申请号:PCT/US2017/058730

    申请日:2017-10-27

    IPC分类号: H01S5/14 H01S5/40

    摘要: Disclosed is a tunable lasers that includes a set of M reflective silicon optical amplifiers (804, 806), RSOAs, and a set of N narrow-band reflectors (810, 812). It also includes a silicon-photonic optical switch (814), having M amplifier ports, which are coupled through a set of M optical waveguides (833, 834) to the set of M RSOAs, and N reflector ports, which are coupled to the set of N narrow-band reflectors. The tunable laser also includes a switching mechanism that facilitates coupling at least one selected amplifier port from the M amplifier ports with a selected reflector port from the N reflector ports, thereby causing an RSOA coupled to the selected amplifier port to form a lasing cavity with a narrow-band reflector coupled to the selected reflector port. The tunable laser also includes a laser output (822), which is optically coupled to the lasing cavity.

    摘要翻译: 公开了包括一组M个反射硅光放大器(804,806),RSOAA和一组N个窄带反射器(810,812)的可调谐激光器。 它还包括具有M个放大器端口的硅光子光学开关(814),所述M个放大器端口通过一组M个光学波导(833,834)耦合到所述一组M个RSOA和N个反射器端口,所述N个反射器端口耦合到 一套N个窄带反射器。 可调谐激光器还包括开关机构,该开关机构有助于将来自M个放大器端口的至少一个选定放大器端口与来自N个反射器端口的选定反射器端口耦合,从而使与选定放大器端口耦合的RSOA与激光器端口形成激光谐振腔 耦合到所选反射器端口的窄带反射器。 该可调谐激光器还包括一个激光输出(822),该激光输出被光耦合到激光腔。

    DYNAMIC-GRID COMB OPTICAL SOURCE
    5.
    发明申请
    DYNAMIC-GRID COMB OPTICAL SOURCE 审中-公开
    动态网络光源

    公开(公告)号:WO2013116102A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-08

    申请号:PCT/US2013/023135

    申请日:2013-01-25

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02

    摘要: An optical source uses feedback to maintain a substantially fixed spacing between adjacent wavelengths in a set of wavelengths in a wavelength comb output by the optical source. In particular, a set of light sources in the optical source provide optical signals having the set of wavelengths. Moreover, the optical signals are output at diffraction angles of an optical device in the optical source (such as an echelle grating), and optical detectors in the optical source determine optical metrics associated with the optical signals. Furthermore, control logic in the optical source provides control signals to the set of light sources based on the determined optical metrics.

    摘要翻译: 光源使用反馈来维持由光源输出的波长梳中的一组波长中的相邻波长之间的基本上固定的间隔。 特别地,光源中的一组光源提供具有该组波长的光信号。 此外,光信号以光源(例如梯形光栅)中的光学装置的衍射角输出,并且光源中的光学检测器确定与光信号相关联的光学度量。 此外,光源中的控制逻辑基于所确定的光学度量,向光源组提供控制信号。

    OPTICAL DEVICE ON INVERTED, SUBSTRATELESS CHIP
    6.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL DEVICE ON INVERTED, SUBSTRATELESS CHIP 审中-公开
    反射式无基板芯片的光学器件

    公开(公告)号:WO2013095866A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-27

    申请号:PCT/US2012/066536

    申请日:2012-11-26

    IPC分类号: G02B6/12 G02F1/00 G02B6/293

    摘要: A hybrid integrated module (100) includes a semiconductor die (110) mechanically coupled face-to-face to an integrated device (116) in which substrate has been removed. For example, the integrated circuit includes an optical waveguide (136) that conveys an optical signal, which is fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in which the back-side silicon substrate or handler has been completely removed. An optical device (134) is disposed on the bottom surface (130) of an oxide layer (126) (such as a buried-oxide layer) in the integrated device, and the geometry and materials in the integrated device (116) are selected and/or defined so that the optical signal is evanescently coupled between the optical waveguide (136) and the optical device (134).

    摘要翻译: 混合集成模块(100)包括半导体管芯(110),该半导体管芯(110)面对面地机械耦合到已经去除了衬底的集成器件(116)。 例如,集成电路包括传送光信号的光波导(136),其被制造在绝缘体上硅(SOI)晶片上,其中背面硅衬底或处理器已被完全去除。 在该集成器件中的光学器件(134)设置在氧化物层(126)(例如掩埋氧化物层)的底表面(130)上,并且选择集成器件(116)中的几何形状和材料 和/或被定义为使得光信号在光波导(136)和光学装置(134)之间消逝地耦合。

    DUAL-RING-MODULATED LASER THAT USES PUSH-PUSH/PULL-PULL MODULATION
    7.
    发明申请
    DUAL-RING-MODULATED LASER THAT USES PUSH-PUSH/PULL-PULL MODULATION 审中-公开
    双环调制激光器,采用推 - 拉/拉 - 拉调制

    公开(公告)号:WO2018057415A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:PCT/US2017/051733

    申请日:2017-09-15

    IPC分类号: H01S5/14

    摘要: A dual-ring-modulated laser includes a gain medium (202) having a reflective end coupled to an associated gain-medium reflector and an output end, which is coupled to a reflector circuit through an input waveguide to form a lasing cavity. The reflector circuit comprises: a first ring modulator (216); a second ring modulator (217); and a shared waveguide that optically couples the first and second ring modulators together. The first and second ring modulators have resonance peaks that are tuned to be offset in alignment from each other to provide an effective reflectance having a flat-top response, which is aligned with an associated lasing cavity mode. The first and second ring modulators are driven in tandem based on the same electrical input signal, whereby the resonance peaks of the first and second ring modulators shift wavelengths in the same direction during modulation, and an effective reflectance stays within the flat-top wavelength range.

    摘要翻译: 双环调制激光器包括增益介质(202),该增益介质具有耦合到相关联的增益介质反射器的反射端和通过输入波导耦合到反射器电路的输出端 形成激光腔。 该反射器电路包括:第一环形调制器(216); 第二环形调制器(217); 以及将第一和第二环形调制器光学耦合在一起的共享波导。 第一和第二环形调制器具有谐振峰值,所述谐振峰值被调谐成彼此对准地偏移以提供具有平顶响应的有效反射率,该有效反射率与相关激射谐振腔模式对准。 基于相同的电输入信号串联驱动第一和第二环形调制器,由此第一和第二环形调制器的谐振峰值在调制期间在相同方向上移动波长,并且有效反射率保持在平顶波长范围内

    WAVELENGTH CONTROL OF A DUAL-RING LASER
    8.
    发明申请
    WAVELENGTH CONTROL OF A DUAL-RING LASER 审中-公开
    双环激光器的波长控制

    公开(公告)号:WO2017127203A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-27

    申请号:PCT/US2016/067790

    申请日:2016-12-20

    摘要: An optical source includes a semiconductor optical amplifier that provides an optical signal, and a photonic chip with first and second ring resonators that operate as Vernier rings. When the optical source is operated below a lasing threshold, one or more thermal-tuning mechanisms, which may be thermally coupled to the first ring resonator and/or the second ring resonator, may be adjusted to align resonances of the first ring resonator and the second ring resonator based on measured optical power on a shared optical waveguide that is optically coupled to the first and second ring resonators. Then, when the optical source is operated above the lasing threshold, a common thermal-tuning mechanism may be adjusted to lock the aligned resonances with an optical cavity mode of the optical source based on a measured optical power on an optical waveguide that is optically coupled to the first ring resonator.

    摘要翻译: 光源包括提供光信号的半导体光放大器和具有作为游标环操作的第一和第二环谐振器的光子芯片。 当光源在激射阈值以下操作时,可以调节可以热耦合到第一环形谐振器和/或第二环形谐振器的一个或多个热调节机构,以调节第一环形谐振器和第二环形谐振器的谐振 基于在与第一和第二环形谐振器光耦合的共享光波导上的测得的光功率来确定第二环形谐振器。 然后,当光源在激射阈值以上操作时,可以调整共同的热调谐机构以基于光耦合的光波导上的测量的光功率来锁定与光源的光腔模式对准的共振 到第一个环形谐振器。

    SELF-ASSEMBLED VERTICALLY ALIGNED MULTI-CHIP MODULE
    9.
    发明申请
    SELF-ASSEMBLED VERTICALLY ALIGNED MULTI-CHIP MODULE 审中-公开
    自组装垂直对齐的多芯片模块

    公开(公告)号:WO2017027458A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-16

    申请号:PCT/US2016/046003

    申请日:2016-08-08

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42 G02B6/12 H01S5/30

    摘要: A multi-chip module (MCM) is described. This MCM includes two substrates that are passively self-assembled on another substrate using hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials on facing surfaces of the substrates and liquid surface tension as the restoring force. Regions with a hydrophilic material on the two substrates overlap regions with the hydrophilic material on the other substrate. These regions on the other substrate may be surrounded by a region with a hydrophobic material. Spacers on a surface of one of the two substrates may align optical waveguides disposed on the two substrates, so that the optical waveguides are coplanar. This fabrication technique may allow low-loss hybrid optical sources to be fabricated by edge coupling the two substrates. For example, a first of the two substrates may be a III/V compound semiconductor and a second of the two substrates may be a silicon-on-insulator photonic chip.

    摘要翻译: 描述了多芯片模块(MCM)。 该MCM包括两个衬底,其被动地自组装在另一衬底上,使用在衬底的相对表面上的亲水和疏水材料和作为恢复力的液体表面张力。 在两个基板上具有亲水材料的区域与另一个基底上的亲水材料重叠区域。 另一个衬底上的这些区域可以被具有疏水性材料的区域包围。 两个基板之一的表面上的间隔可以对准设置在两个基板上的光波导,使得光波导是共面的。 这种制造技术可以允许通过边缘耦合两个基板来制造低损耗混合光源。 例如,两个基板中的第一个可以是III / V化合物半导体,并且两个基板中的第二个可以是绝缘体上硅光子芯片。

    INTEGRATED LASER WITH BACK-REFLECTION ISOLATOR
    10.
    发明申请
    INTEGRATED LASER WITH BACK-REFLECTION ISOLATOR 审中-公开
    集成激光与背反射隔离器

    公开(公告)号:WO2016160679A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-06

    申请号:PCT/US2016/024472

    申请日:2016-03-28

    IPC分类号: G02B6/12 G02B6/124 G02B6/42

    摘要: An integrated circuit includes an optical source (such as a laser) with a lens, which is disposed on an isolator. This isolator is disposed on a semiconductor layer in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform that includes an optical coupler and an optical waveguide. During operation, the optical source generates an optical signal that propagates toward the isolator so that the lens focuses the optical signal. Furthermore, the isolator reduces or eliminates back reflection of the optical signal toward the optical source, and the optical coupler couples the optical signal into the optical waveguide.

    摘要翻译: 集成电路包括设置在隔离器上的具有透镜的光源(例如激光器)。 该隔离器设置在包括光耦合器和光波导的绝缘体上硅(SOI)平台中的半导体层上。 在操作期间,光源产生朝向隔离器传播的光信号,使得透镜对光信号进行聚焦。 此外,隔离器减小或消除光信号朝向光源的反射,并且光耦合器将光信号耦合到光波导中。