28 patents
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Thermosonic bonding for securing photonic components
2 Jan 24
The present disclosure includes a method of securing a photonic component to a semiconductor chip, the method including forming a thermosonic bond between the semiconductor chip and a cap to fix the cap against the photonic component.
Albert Benzoni, Shuhe Li
Filed: 13 Jun 22
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Higher order mode filter
5 Dec 23
A waveguide mode filter.
Abu Thomas, Andrea Trita, Jeffrey Driscoll
Filed: 4 Mar 22
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Optoelectronic device
14 Nov 23
An optoelectronic device, including: a rib waveguide, the rib waveguide including: a ridge portion, which includes a temperature-sensitive optically active region, and a slab portion, positioned adjacent to the ridge portion; the device further comprising a heater, disposed on top of the slab portion wherein a part of the heater closest to ridge portion is at least 2 μm away from the ridge portion.
James Dongyoon Oh, Hooman Abediasl, Gerald Cois Byrd, Karlheinz Muth, Yi Zhang, Aaron John Zilkie
Filed: 2 Dec 21
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Device coupon and method of fabrication thereof
7 Nov 23
A method of fabricating a device coupon including a waveguide which is suitable for use in a micro-transfer printing process.
Guomin Yu, Aaron John Zilkie
Filed: 16 Mar 21
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Method of manufacturing a III-V based optoelectronic device
10 Oct 23
A method of manufacturing a III-V based optoelectronic device on a silicon-on-insulator wafer.
Guomin Yu
Filed: 25 Aug 20
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Optical sensing module
26 Sep 23
An optical sensing module suitable for wearable devices, the optical sensing module comprising: a silicon or silicon nitride transmitter photonic integrated circuit (PIC), the transmitter PIC comprising: a plurality of lasers, each laser of the plurality of lasers operating at a wavelength that is different from the wavelength of the others; an optical manipulation region, the optical manipulation region comprising one or more of: an optical modulator, optical multiplexer (MUX); and additional optical manipulation elements; and one or more optical outputs for light originating from the plurality of lasers.
Aaron John Zilkie, Hooman Abediasl, Cristiano Dalvi, Jeffrey Driscoll, Alexander Gondarenko, Richard Grote, Haydn Frederick Jones, Sean Merritt, Roozbeh Parsa, Philip Perea, Andrew George Rickman, Adam Scofield, Goumin Yu
Filed: 11 Dec 20
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Waveguide type photodetector and method of manufacture thereof
22 Aug 23
A silicon based photodetector and method of manufacturing the same are provided.
Yi Zhang, Hooman Abediasl, Aaron John Zilkie
Filed: 29 May 19
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Athermalized multi-path interference filter
22 Aug 23
A multi-path interference filter.
Andrea Trita
Filed: 29 Mar 21
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Discrete wavelength tunable laser
11 Jul 23
A discrete wavelength tunable laser having an optical cavity which comprises: a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); a demultiplexer (Demux) having a single input and a plurality of outputs, the Demux configured to receive the output of the SOA and to produce a plurality of fixed spectral passbands within the gain bandwidth of the SOA; one or more tunable distributed Bragg reflector(s) (DBR(s)) arranged to receive the outputs of the Demux, each tunable DBR configured to select a reflective spectral band within the gain bandwidth of the SOA upon application of a bias current; wherein the SOA forms the back end mirror of the optical cavity; the one or more tunable DBRs form the front end mirror of the optical cavity; and wherein the lasing channel of the discrete wavelength tunable laser is chosen by the overlap of the selected reflective spectral band of one of the one or more tunable DBRs with a fixed spectral passband of the Demux.
Aaron Zilkie
Filed: 1 Jun 20
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Optical instrument and method for determining a wavelength of light generated by a light source, and optical system comprising the optical instrument
27 Jun 23
An optical instrument for determining a wavelength of light generated by a light source.
Trevor Fowler, Richard Grote, Miguel Ángel Guillén-Torres, Caroline Lai, Haydn Frederick Jones
Filed: 3 Jun 22
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Distributed feedback laser
14 Mar 23
A Distributed Feedback Laser (DFB) mounted on a Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit (Si PIC), the DFB having a longitudinal length which extends from a first end of the DFB laser to a second end of the DFB laser, the DFB laser comprising: an epi stack, the epi stack comprising: one or more active material layers; a layer comprising a partial grating, the partial grating extending from the second end of the DFB laser, only partially along the longitudinal length of the DFB laser such that it does not extend to the first end of the DFB laser; a highly reflective medium located at the first end of the DFB laser; and a back facet located at the second end of the DFB laser.
Mazin Alalusi, Kevin Masuda, Pradeep Srinivasan
Filed: 20 Mar 20
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Integrated structure and manufacturing method thereof
7 Mar 23
A method for fabricating an integrated structure, using a fabrication system having a CMOS line and a photonics line, includes the steps of: in the photonics line, fabricating a first photonics component in a silicon wafer; transferring the wafer from the photonics line to the CMOS line; and in the CMOS line, fabricating a CMOS component in the silicon wafer.
Aaron Zilkie, Andrew Rickman, Damiana Lerose
Filed: 19 May 21
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Silicon grating with amorphous silicon perturbation
14 Feb 23
A waveguide grating.
Gerald Miller, Abu Thomas, Andrea Trita
Filed: 14 Apr 21
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Optical engine
7 Feb 23
An optical engine.
Brett Sawyer, Seungjae Lee, Chia-Te Chou, Vivek Raghunathan, Vivek Raghuraman, Karlheinz Muth, David Arlo Nelson
Filed: 31 Mar 20
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Optoelectronic device
3 Jan 23
An optoelectronic device.
Dong Yoon Oh, Hooman Abediasl, Yi Zhang, Aaron John Zilkie
Filed: 10 May 19
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Optoelectronic device and method of manufacture thereof
6 Dec 22
An optoelectronic device.
Yi Zhang, Chia-Te Chou, William Vis, Amit Singh Nagra, Hooman Abediasl
Filed: 6 Nov 20
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Waveguide mirror and method of fabricating a waveguide mirror
29 Nov 22
Henri Nykänen, John Paul Drake, Evie Kho, Damiana Lerose, Sanna Leena Mäkelä, Amit Singh Nagra
Filed: 4 May 20
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Avalanche photodiode structure
22 Nov 22
A germanium based avalanche photo-diode device and method of manufacture thereof.
Guomin Yu
Filed: 15 May 18
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Optical mode splitter
25 Oct 22
A splitter.
Yangyang Liu, Andrea Trita
Filed: 21 May 20
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Interposer
30 Aug 22
A silicon interposer.
Vivek Raghunathan, Aaron John Zilkie
Filed: 11 Jun 20