- Patent Title: Optical switches with surface grating couplers and edge couplers
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Application No.: US14793401Application Date: 2015-07-07
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Publication No.: US09746617B2Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Patrick Dumais
- Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen
- Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Main IPC: G02B6/35
- IPC: G02B6/35 ; G02B6/124 ; G02B6/27 ; G02B6/126 ; G02B6/34 ; G02B6/30 ; G02B6/136

Abstract:
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) comprises an optical switch, a plurality of input edge couplers comprising a first input edge coupler and coupled to the optical switch, a plurality of input surface grating couplers (SGCs) comprising a first input SGC and coupled to the optical switch, a plurality of output edge couplers comprising a first output edge coupler and coupled to the optical switch, and a plurality of output SGCs comprising a first output SGC and coupled to the optical switch. A method of fabricating a PIC comprises patterning and etching a silicon substrate to produce a first optical switch, a first surface grating coupler (SGC) coupled to the first optical switch, and a first edge coupler coupled to the first optical switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170010414A1 Optical Switches with Surface Grating Couplers and Edge Couplers Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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