DUAL THERMAL CONTROL ELEMENT CONFIGURATION FOR OPTO-MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20220326458A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17357274

    申请日:2021-06-24

    Abstract: An opto-mechanical assembly includes a first thermal control element disposed on a region of a first section of an enclosure; a second thermal control element disposed on a region of a second section of the enclosure; and an optical element that includes a first portion and a second portion. The first thermal control element is configured to heat the first portion of the optical element and to cause the first portion of the optical element to be associated with a first temperature, and the second thermal control element is configured to heat the second portion of the optical element and to cause the second portion of the optical element to be associated with a second temperature. This causes a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature to satisfy a temperature difference threshold. Accordingly, this also causes a temperature gradient along an axis of the optical element to satisfy a temperature gradient threshold.

    THERMAL INTERFACE FOR RIDING HEATSINK

    公开(公告)号:US20220350098A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17812812

    申请日:2022-07-15

    Abstract: A pluggable optical module may include a substrate. The pluggable optical module may include a compressible sliding thermal interface disposed on the substrate to contact a riding heatsink. The compressible sliding thermal interface material may be compressed to fill interstices between a first surface of the substrate and a second surface of the riding heatsink. The compressible sliding thermal interface may protrude from the first surface of the substrate such that insertion of the pluggable optical module into a cage compresses the compressible sliding thermal interface to achieve a threshold thermal boundary resistance.

    ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION FOR TILTING MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS MIRROR

    公开(公告)号:US20220099958A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17247093

    申请日:2020-11-30

    Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device may include a mirror structure suspended from a first hinge and a second hinge that are arranged to enable the mirror structure to be tilted about a tilt axis. The mirror structure may include a first actuator and a second actuator located on opposite sides of the tilt axis. The MEMS device may include a fixed electrode coupled to first actuator to cause the mirror structure to tilt about the tilt axis in a first direction based on a fixed voltage applied to the fixed electrode. The MEMS device includes a driving electrode coupled to the second actuator to cause the mirror structure to tilt about the tilt axis in a second direction opposite from the first direction based on a driving voltage applied to the driving electrode.

    DYNAMIC RANGE FOR A HETERODYNE OPTICAL CHANNEL MONITOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190296824A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-26

    申请号:US16299807

    申请日:2019-03-12

    Abstract: An optical channel monitor (OCM) may include a modulator to provide a modulation signal and a local oscillator (LO) to provide a modulated LO signal. The modulated LO signal may be created by modulating an LO signal based on the modulation signal. The OCM may include a mixer to generate a pair of mixed optical signals. The pair of mixed optical signals may be generated based on mixing the modulated LO signal and an input optical signal. The OCM may include an optical detector to provide, based on the pair of mixed optical signals, a first electrical signal corresponding to a coherent mixture of the input optical signal and the modulated LO signal. The OCM may include a synchronous demodulator to provide, based on the first electrical signal and the modulation signal, a second electrical signal representative of the optical power spectrum of the input optical signal.

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