SELF-ALIGNED SPOT SIZE CONVERTER
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200301072A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-24

    申请号:US16777727

    申请日:2020-01-30

    IPC分类号: G02B6/122 G02B6/136

    摘要: A method is provided for forming an optical device having a waveguide and a spot size converter (SSC). The method includes providing a crystalline semiconductor region and a non-crystalline semiconductor region on a substrate. The crystalline semiconductor region is coupled to the non-crystalline semiconductor region. The method also includes simultaneously etching the non-crystalline semiconductor region and the crystalline semiconductor region using a same etch mask to form a spot size converter coupled a waveguide. The waveguide has a ridge over a shoulder, and the spot size converter has a ridge over a shoulder.

    MULTISTAGE SPOT SIZE CONVERTER IN SILICON PHOTONICS

    公开(公告)号:US20190170944A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-06

    申请号:US16171132

    申请日:2018-10-25

    IPC分类号: G02B6/30

    摘要: A device is provided for optical mode spot size conversion to optically couple a semiconductor waveguide with an optical fiber. The device includes a waveguide comprising a waveguide taper region, which comprises a shoulder portion and a ridge portion above the shoulder portion. The ridge portion has a width that tapers to meet a width of the shoulder portion. The waveguide taper region comprises a first material. The device also has a mode converter coupled to the waveguide. The mode converter includes a plurality of stages, and each of the plurality of stages tapers in a direction similar to a direction of taper of the waveguide taper region. The mode converter is made of a second material different from the first material.

    Wide shoulder, high order mode filter for thick-silicon waveguides

    公开(公告)号:US10088629B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15588128

    申请日:2017-05-05

    IPC分类号: G02B6/12 G02B6/14 G02B6/122

    摘要: An optical filter for attenuating higher-order modes in an optical waveguide includes a shoulder slab formed of a first material having a first index of refraction and disposed on a second material having a second index of refraction, the first index of refraction being higher than the second index of refraction. The shoulder slab defines a near end having a first width, an intermediate section, adjacent to the first end section, and a far end section, adjacent to the intermediate section and opposite the first end section along a direction of beam propagation. The optical filter also includes a waveguide ridge, formed of the first material and disposed atop the shoulder slab, that traverses the shoulder slab, and is configured to guide light of a fundamental mode along the direction of beam propagation from the near end section to the far end section.

    WIDE SHOULDER, HIGH ORDER MODE FILTER FOR THICK-SILICON WAVEGUIDES

    公开(公告)号:US20190094464A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16115104

    申请日:2018-08-28

    摘要: An optical filter for attenuating higher-order modes in an optical waveguide includes a shoulder slab formed of a first material having a first index of refraction and disposed on a second material having a second index of refraction, the first index of refraction being higher than the second index of refraction. The shoulder slab defines a near end having a first width, an intermediate section, adjacent to the first end section, and a far end section, adjacent to the intermediate section and opposite the first end section along a direction of beam propagation. The optical filter also includes a waveguide ridge, formed of the first material and disposed atop the shoulder slab, that traverses the shoulder slab, and is configured to guide light of a fundamental mode along the direction of beam propagation from the near end section to the far end section.