OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH STACKED CLADDING MATERIAL LAYERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230266526A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US17674905

    申请日:2022-02-18

    IPC分类号: G02B6/028 G02B6/036

    CPC分类号: G02B6/0288 G02B6/036

    摘要: Disclosed is an optical waveguide including a waveguide core and waveguide cladding surrounding the waveguide core. The waveguide cladding includes at least one stack of cladding material layers positioned laterally adjacent to a sidewall of the waveguide core such that each cladding material layer in the stack abuts the sidewall of the waveguide core. Each of the cladding material layers in the stack has a smaller refractive index than the waveguide core and at least two of the cladding material layers in the stack have different refractive indices, thereby tailoring field confinement and reshaping the optical mode. Different embodiments include different numbers of cladding material layers in the stack, different stacking orders of the cladding material layers, different waveguide core types, symmetric or asymmetric cladding structures on opposite sides of the waveguide core, etc. Also disclosed is a method of forming the optical waveguide.

    Optical waveguide with stacked cladding material layers

    公开(公告)号:US11971572B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-30

    申请号:US17674905

    申请日:2022-02-18

    IPC分类号: G02B6/036 G02B6/028

    CPC分类号: G02B6/0288 G02B6/036

    摘要: Disclosed is an optical waveguide including a waveguide core and waveguide cladding surrounding the waveguide core. The waveguide cladding includes at least one stack of cladding material layers positioned laterally adjacent to a sidewall of the waveguide core such that each cladding material layer in the stack abuts the sidewall of the waveguide core. Each of the cladding material layers in the stack has a smaller refractive index than the waveguide core and at least two of the cladding material layers in the stack have different refractive indices, thereby tailoring field confinement and reshaping the optical mode. Different embodiments include different numbers of cladding material layers in the stack, different stacking orders of the cladding material layers, different waveguide core types, symmetric or asymmetric cladding structures on opposite sides of the waveguide core, etc. Also disclosed is a method of forming the optical waveguide.