Compact Optical Phase Shifter
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240094566A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18230098

    申请日:2023-08-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02F1/025 G02F1/0151

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to photonic integrated circuits that include a carrier-based phase shifter. The carrier-based phase shifter is configured as a PIN phase shifter with a pair of traces that delivers current through a PIN diode. The PIN phase shifter is configured such that current flows through the pair of traces in a common direction.

    Efficient Pin Phase Shifters
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240280842A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18424171

    申请日:2024-01-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02F1/025 G02B6/02 G02B6/12

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to photonic integrated circuits that include a carrier-based phase shifter. The carrier-based phase shifter is configured as a PIN phase shifter with a waveguide formed from a strip extending from a slab waveguide. The PIN phase shifter includes a first set of doping regions positioned in a slab waveguide and a second set of doping regions positioned the strip. Each of the first set of doping regions has a first conductivity type, and each of the second set of doping regions has a second conductivity type that is different that the first conductivity type.

    PHOTONIC SWITCH WITH MULTI-WAVELENGTH ROUTING CAPABILITIES

    公开(公告)号:US20250110272A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-03

    申请号:US18818365

    申请日:2024-08-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein describe photonic switch. The controllable photonic switch may be configured with an asymmetry and different doping level that concurrently route two different wavelengths of light by wavelength-dependent phase shifters. In some instances, the controllable photonic switch includes a waveguide having an asymmetric cross-sectional shape. In other instances, the controllable photonic switch selectively route different wavelengths of light to different outputs of the controllable photonic switch.

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