348 results about "Waveguide coupling" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of optoelectronics, and discloses a compact mixed optical path high-density integration method of a multi-level waveguide composite structure, which comprises the following steps: S1, preparing a multi-material layer: sequentially depositing a silicon layer, a silicon nitride layer and a lithium niobate layer, preparing the silicon layer and the silicon nitride layer through a chemical vapor deposition process, preparing the lithium niobate layer through direct current magnetron sputtering, and preparing the multi-material layer; the refractive indexes of the silicon layer, the silicon nitride layer and the lithium niobate layer meet gradient distribution; s2, designing an interlayer coupling structure: forming a gradient waveguide coupler at an interface of adjacent material layers to realize interlayer light field transmission; and S3, stress regulation and control layer integration: arranging a buffer layer with a matched thermal expansion coefficient between the silicon layer and the silicon nitride layer. According to the invention, the silicon layer, the silicon nitride layer and the lithium niobate layer are sequentially deposited, and the refractive index of each layer satisfies gradient distribution, so that the problems of large light field reflection and scattering loss and low coupling efficiency caused by the fact that most of the traditional multilayer waveguide structures adopt single material layers are solved.

Embodiments described herein are related to enabling detachable optical fiber-to-waveguide coupling. A system can include a first connection component including a waveguide and a mirror formed on a base structure, the base structure including at least one photonic integrated circuit (PIC) formed on a substrate, and a detachable second connection component coupled to an optical fiber. The detachable second connection component is configured to mate with the first connection component to enable optical signal coupling between the optical fiber and the waveguide. The mirror is configured to at least one of: reflect a first optical signal received from the waveguide to the optical fiber, or reflect a second optical signal received from the optical fiber to the waveguide.

The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for detecting photons. As described herein, superconducting photodetectors may be coupled with a waveguide such that reflection is reduced / minimized. In one aspect, an optical circuit includes an optical waveguide and a plurality of photodetectors coupled to the optical waveguide, adjacent photodetectors of the plurality of photodetectors being spaced to meet one or more preset destructive interference criteria.

The present invention provides an optical waveguide coupler (1) comprising a crystalline substrate (2) of a (100) type having a top surface (2a) and a (100) crystallographic plane (2100), wherein the crystalline substrate (2) comprises: a V-groove (3) extending in a Z-direction (Z) in a projection onto the top surface (2a), wherein the Z-direction (Z) lies within a 〈110〉 crystal plane (2110) of the crystalline substrate (2), wherein the top surface (2a) and a 〈100〉 crystal plane (2100) of the crystalline substrate (2) form a first angle (α1) in an X / Y plane (XY) perpendicular to the Z-direction (Z), and an optical waveguide arranged on the top surface (2a) of the crystalline substrate (2). (4), wherein the optical waveguide (4) extends along the Z-direction (Z) in a projection to the top side, wherein the V-groove (3) and the optical waveguide (4) are designed such that,When an optical fiber (5) having a predetermined size and a fiber core (51) and a fiber tip (52) is inserted into the V-groove (3) such that a distance between an outer end (42) of the waveguide core (4) and the fiber tip (52) is less than a predetermined distance (d), the fiber core (51) is aligned with the waveguide core (41) such that a displacement of the fiber core (51) and the waveguide core (41) is less than a predetermined displacement. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing an optical fiber coupler (1).

A system for wavelength-accurate conversion includes a light source configured to pump a first color laser light and a device configured for Kerr-nonlinear wavelength conversion of the first color laser light to a signal laser light and an idler laser light, the device includes: a waveguide configured to couple to the light source; and a microring resonator coupled to the light source via the waveguide. The microring resonator configured to generate the signal laser light and the idler laser light. The microring resonator including a plurality of projections. A number of the projections is linked to a targeted output wavelength for at least one of the signal laser light or the idler laser light, and a refractive index grating strength of each projection of the plurality of projections is linked to a frequency mismatch between modes when comparing to a reference device lacking the plurality of projections.

A bolometer-optical microresonator infrared sensor includes a frame; at least two legs mechanically supporting an island to the frame, with a ridge patterned into each leg forming a waveguide; a microresonator located on the island including a closed loop ridge waveguide; an absorber on the island separated from the microresonator; a waveguide coupler on the island connecting the waveguide on each leg to the microresonator; a waveguide transition on the frame at an end of each leg transmitting light between the waveguide on the leg and a waveguide supported by a substrate; and an edge coupler at an end of the substrate-supported waveguide.

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for built-in redundancy in optical devices that output an optical signal, for example, to photonic integrated circuits. The device and systems disclosed herein include a plurality of optical sources coupled to a plurality of waveguides. Each adjacent pair of the plurality of waveguides are coupled to an optical switching devices that comprises an interferometer having a first branch comprising a phase-shift mechanism coupled to one waveguide of the pair of waveguides. A voltage bias can be applied to the phase-shift mechanisms to tune a respective phase difference and direct an optical signal from any of the plurality of optical sources to the output end of the optical device. According to various examples disclosed herein, the phase-shift mechanisms comprises metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitors.

An electronic device may include a waveguide that directs light to an eye box. The waveguide may include a diffractive grating structure. A projector may generate image light coupled into the waveguide by a first input coupler. A light source may generate supplemental light coupled into the waveguide by a second input coupler. The diffractive grating structure may couple the image light out of the waveguide within a central region of the field of view (FOV) of an eye box and may couple the supplemental light out of the waveguide at a location within a peripheral region of the FOV. The location may be outside of the central region by at least 10 degrees. A gaze tracking sensor may estimate a user's gaze direction at the eye box. A processor may wake or power down the projector responsive to the gaze direction overlapping the location for a predetermined time period.

A device useful as a switch including an input waveguide coupled to an output waveguide; a first diode circuit integrated with the input waveguide at a first termination; a second diode circuit integrated with the output waveguide at a second termination; and wherein the biasing the diode circuits switches the switch between an off state and an on state and achieves high isolation in the off state by absorbing input power in, reflecting the input power from, and frequency multiplying the input power using the diodes in the diodes circuits when the input power is received from the input waveguide. In one embodiment, the switch is a tunable, solid-state SPST switch for Gband radar applications.

For improved Ku band communications, an antenna system includes a planar antenna surface, at least one waveguide feed network, and a waveguide. The planar antenna surface is coupled to at least one port. The at least one waveguide feed network includes an H plane junction splitter and at least two E plane junction splitters. The H plane junction splitter is disposed on a channel septum in a channel. A splitter axis of the channel septum and the H plane junction splitter is rotated about a P axis. The at least two E plane junction splitters are each disposed on septum and coupled to the H plane junction splitter via the channel. The waveguide is coupled to the waveguide feed network.

The invention relates to an antenna device comprising a quad-ridged waveguide, an open end of which is configured to act as a radiating aperture, and an orthomode transducer, OMT, configured to couple the quad-ridged waveguide to two feed structures.

A waveguide to transmission line coupler is provided. The waveguide can be capable of guiding electromagnetic energy and can have a plurality of coupling sets along the waveguide. The coupling set can include a non-resonant coupling aperture capable of coupling said electromagnetic energy from the waveguide to at least one output transmission line and a tuning element in the waveguide proximate to said non-resonant coupling aperture thereto, capable of tuning out residual shunt susceptance corresponding to the electromagnetic energy coupled by said non-resonant coupling aperture.

An electronic device may include a display that generates light for an optical system that redirects the light towards an eye box. The optical system may include a waveguide, a non-diffractive input coupler, a cross coupler, and an output coupler. The cross coupler may expand the light in a first direction. The cross coupler may perform an even number of diffractions on the light and may couple the light back into the waveguide at an angle suitable for total internal reflection. The output coupler may expand the light in a second direction while coupling the light out of the waveguide. The cross coupler may include surface relief gratings or holographic gratings embedded within the waveguide or formed in a separate substrate. The optical system may direct the light towards the eye box without chromatic dispersion and while supporting an expanded field of view and optical bandwidth.

A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head. The HAMR head includes one or more features comprising a laser device that is a heterogeneous integrated epitaxial grown GaAS laser. The laser device couples directly with a waveguide that transfers the electromagnetic radiation generated by the laser device to a near field transducer. The device includes an N-doped layer for coupling the output of the GaAs active layer to the waveguide.

The invention provides a display device which can be applied to a head-up display device in a vehicle. The display device comprises a projection module, a waveguide coupling module, an optical waveguide and a windshield correction element. Wherein the projection module is used for projecting image light to the waveguide coupling module; the waveguide coupling module is used for coupling the image light from the projection module into the optical waveguide and compensating the color difference value of the windshield correction element. The optical waveguide is used for emitting the image light from the waveguide coupling-in module to the windshield correction element. The windshield correction element is used for adjusting the transmission angle and / or the transmission direction of the image light from the optical waveguide and emitting the adjusted image light to the windshield glass. The display device provided by the invention can compensate the chromatic aberration of the windshield correction element to achieve the purpose of improving the imaging quality.

An integrated photonic device independently directs each channel of a multiplexed input optical signal received from a corresponding one of N input port to one of N output ports, each multiplexed input optical signal including N channels. The device includes: N input waveguides; secondary waveguides; wavelength-selective filters, each: i) including a ring resonator, ii) being optically coupled to a corresponding one of the N input waveguides and a corresponding one of the secondary waveguides, and iii) being switchable between a first state in which an optical signal in a corresponding one of the N channels is coupled from the corresponding input waveguide into the corresponding secondary waveguide and a second state in which the optical signal in the corresponding one of the N channels is not coupled into the corresponding secondary waveguide; N multi-wavelength mixers; and N output waveguides.

The application provides a leaky-wave antenna array based on a multimode substrate integrated waveguide coupler, relates to the technical fields of wireless communication and radar, and comprises a dielectric substrate, a multimode substrate integrated waveguide coupler and two leaky-wave antenna units. The multimode substrate integrated waveguide coupler is integrated on the dielectric substrate and is configured to excite modes and modes of the substrate integrated waveguide respectively in the same frequency range, generate even-mode signals with equal amplitude and in-phase and odd-mode signals with equal amplitude and opposite phase. The two leaky-wave antenna units are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the upper surface metal layer of the dielectric substrate and are connected with two output ports of the multimode substrate integrated waveguide coupler respectively. The two leaky-wave antenna units are configured to radiate a wave beam and a difference wave beam in response to the even-mode signals and the odd-mode signals. The application solves the problem of low measurement accuracy of a traditional single-pulse antenna, has the technical effects of simplifying the design of a feed network, improving radiation performance and thus improving measurement accuracy.

According to the flexible waveguide coupling structure for the high-density optical engine and the miniaturized packaging method of the flexible waveguide coupling structure, the polymer optical waveguide is adopted, the waveguide core layer is made of the high-refractive-index material, and the refractive index of the core layer is higher than that of the upper cladding and the lower cladding, so that light beams can reflect light rays on the surface or in the core layer; the light beam is limited in the core layer to be transmitted along the set path; the flexible waveguide is used in high-density optical engine packaging, a traditional ribbon optical fiber array is directly replaced, and the contradiction between space limitation and bending radius is solved; comprising a flexible waveguide, an MT / MPO connector and a microlens array, polymers such as PMMA, BCB, SU-8, FPPE, PSQ, PDMS / M-PDMS and the like are selected as flexible waveguide materials, the thickness is smaller than or equal to 0.2 mm, the bendable radius is smaller than or equal to 2 mm, the core / cladding refractive index difference delta n is larger than or equal to 0.01, the multimode numerical aperture NA is approximately equal to 0.3, the transmission loss in a 850 nm window is smaller than or equal to 0.25 dB / cm, the angle of a coupling end face is 40-50 degrees, and the requirements for low loss and high bandwidth of short-distance parallel optical interconnection are met.

A metasurface structure for an antenna. The metasurface structure includes multiple subwavelength units operable to manipulate or control amplitude, phase, polarization, frequency, and momentum of electromagnetic waves for radiation. The metasurface structure may be operably coupled with a waveguide to provide a metasurface antenna. The metasurface structure or the metasurface antenna may be operably coupled with a controller arranged to control it.

The invention provides an III-V group and silicon-based waveguide bonding coupling structure design method and a laser. The method comprises the following steps: determining initial geometric parameters of a coupling region of an III-V group laser and a silicon-based waveguide; determining a maximum process alignment deviation range based on process historical data; establishing a three-dimensional simulation model on the basis of the initial geometric parameters, and performing offset correction on the position of the silicon-based waveguide in the bonding plane according to the maximum process alignment deviation range in a simulation environment; calculating the coupling efficiency after offset correction, and when the reduction of the coupling efficiency exceeds a preset threshold value, carrying out iterative optimization adjustment on the width of the silicon-based waveguide and the length of the transition region; the method comprises the steps that the silicon-based waveguide structure with the optimal coupling efficiency is finely adjusted again according to the maximum process deviation, offset correction and optimization adjustment are repeatedly executed till the coupling efficiency meets the design requirement under all the preset process deviation conditions, and coupling structure design parameters are output. Therefore, the design of the coupling region with robustness to process deviation is obtained.

A system includes two or more illuminators, each illuminator configured to provide excitation light. An excitation waveguide is coupled to each of the illuminators. Each of the excitation waveguides is configured to guide the excitation light from the coupled illuminator to a corresponding location, thereby illuminating at least a portion of the location with the excitation light. A combined-emission waveguide is configured to guide light emitted from the illuminated locations to detection optics. The detection optics include one or more lenses. The detection optics are configured to receive at least a portion of the emitted light provided from the combined-emission waveguide and direct at least a first portion of the received emitted light along a first detection path based on a first wavelength of the received emitted light.

This invention belongs to the field of wavelength division multiplexing optical communication technology, specifically relating to a reverse coupler based on a thin-film lithium niobate platform. The reverse coupler includes: a lithium niobate-on-insulator substrate, a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a coupling region. The first and second waveguides are disposed in the device layer of the lithium niobate-on-insulator substrate. The first and second waveguides are arranged in parallel along the light propagation direction within the coupling region. A periodic grating perturbation structure is disposed on the first and / or second waveguides. This reverse coupler utilizes the grating perturbation structure to ensure that the modes of the two waveguides satisfy the phase matching condition. The optical signal input to one waveguide is reverse-coupled to the falling port of the other waveguide. Utilizing the large photoelectric coefficient of lithium niobate material, this reverse coupler can tune its spectrum under specific conditions by applying a voltage.

This invention relates to the field of smart antenna design technology, specifically to a multi-layer transparent antenna system based on a frequency selective surface (FSS). The system includes a transparent FSS interlayer, a dynamic impedance matching layer, a conformal waveguide coupling structure, a control module, and a receiving module signal-connected to the control module. The purpose of this invention is to provide a multi-layer transparent antenna system based on a frequency selective surface, characterized by high multi-band compatibility, dynamic environmental adaptability, high integration, and concealment.

The invention relates to a coupling structure for coupling electromagnetic waves into and / or out of a waveguide. The coupling structure comprises a substrate which comprises a pot-shaped, electrically hollow structure having an oval basic shape, wherein the electrically hollow structure is defined on one side of the substrate and is terminated on the opposite side of the substrate.

The invention discloses a dual-drive differential thin film barium titanate electro-optical modulator. Comprising a narrow linewidth laser, a first optical fiber waveguide coupling module, a second optical fiber waveguide coupling module, a first 1 * 2 optical beam splitter, a second 1 * 2 optical beam splitter, a first radio frequency module, a second radio frequency module, a GSGSG coplanar traveling wave electrode structure, a first waveguide and a second waveguide, wherein the GSGSG coplanar traveling wave electrode structure consists of a first ground electrode, a first signal electrode, a second ground electrode, a second signal electrode and a third ground electrode; the invention relates to an a-axis oriented barium titanate film and a substrate. After beam splitting, input laser is respectively injected into two parallel waveguides which are prepared on the barium titanate film and penetrate through the GSGSG structure. The first radio frequency module and the second radio frequency module apply composite modulation signals including direct current bias and differential radio frequency signals to the signal electrodes, so that the refractive indexes of the two waveguides have opposite sign changes to realize push-pull modulation, and modulated optical signals are output after beam combination. By means of the dual-drive differential and GSGSG electrode structure, the modulation efficiency is improved, and meanwhile the anti-interference capacity and stability of the device are remarkably improved.

The invention discloses a double-layer optical waveguide coupling type pressure sensor, which comprises a detection optical signal generation module, a pressure sensing unit and a detection signal processing module, and is characterized in that the detection optical signal generation module and the detection signal processing module are connected with the pressure sensing unit through optical fibers; the pressure sensing unit mainly comprises two layers of flat plates containing optical waveguides, and air or low-loss transparent liquid with a certain thickness clamped between the flat plates to form a pressure sensing structure, when the upper-layer waveguide deforms due to external pressure, the distance between the upper-layer waveguide and the lower-layer waveguide and the coupling efficiency are changed, the output optical power of each optical waveguide is changed, and the output optical power of each optical waveguide is changed. Therefore, the pressure on the chip can be detected. According to the invention, high-precision sensing can be realized, and compared with a traditional electric pressure detection method, the method has the advantages of resisting electromagnetic interference, supporting sensing and transmission integration and high-speed dynamic sensing, and being suitable for dangerous occasions such as a complex electromagnetic environment and the like; compared with a wavelength resolution type optical pressure sensor, the optical pressure sensor has the advantages of wide spectrum, simple preparation process and high cost performance.

In some embodiments, a near-eye, near-eye display system comprises a stack of waveguides having pillars in a central, active portion of the waveguides. The active portion may include light outcoupling optical elements configured to outcouple image light from the waveguides towards the eye of a viewer. The pillars extend between and separate neighboring ones of the waveguides. The light outcoupling optical elements may include diffractive optical elements that are formed simultaneously with the pillars, for example, by imprinting or casting. The pillars are disposed on one or more major surfaces of each of the waveguides. The pillars may define a distance between two adjacent waveguides of the stack of waveguides. The pillars may be bonded to adjacent waveguides may be using one or more of the systems, methods, or devices herein. The bonding provides a high level of thermal stability to the waveguide stack, to resist deformation as temperatures change.

The application provides a chip loss testing method and a chip loss testing device. The chip loss testing method comprises the following steps: coupling a first optical fiber in a test optical fiber array with an input waveguide of a chip to be tested; coupling a second optical fiber in the test optical fiber array with an output waveguide of the chip to be tested, wherein the number of the second optical fiber is not less than the number of the output waveguide of the chip to be tested; testing a test data set obtained by inputting a first laser into the first optical fiber, passing through the input waveguide of the chip to be tested and the output waveguide of the chip to be tested, and outputting by the second optical fiber, wherein the number of test data in the test data set is the same as the number of the output waveguide of the chip to be tested; and calculating loss data of each channel of the chip to be tested according to test data set and calibration data matched with the test optical fiber array, wherein the input waveguide of the chip to be tested and any one of the output waveguides of the chip to be tested form a channel.

The utility model discloses an optical waveguide assembly and a near-to-eye display device, the optical waveguide assembly comprises a first optical waveguide, a second optical waveguide, a third optical waveguide and a light blocking element, the first optical waveguide is provided with a coupling element, a first optical path turning element is arranged between the second optical waveguide and the first optical waveguide, and the third optical waveguide is provided with a coupling element. Light transmitted in the first optical waveguide passes through the first optical path turning element and then enters the second optical waveguide to be transmitted; a second optical path turning element is arranged between the third optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide, so that light transmitted in the second optical waveguide passes through the second optical path turning element and then enters the third optical waveguide for transmission, and a coupling-out element is arranged on the third optical waveguide and is used for coupling out the light in the third optical waveguide to enter human eyes; the light blocking element is arranged between the first optical waveguide and the third optical waveguide and used for preventing light of the coupling-out side of the third optical waveguide from being transmitted from the first optical waveguide. According to the optical waveguide assembly provided by the utility model, the concealment of an observer can be ensured.

The application discloses a mode spot converter integrated based on a gradient refractive index waveguide and a two-dimensional inverted taper waveguide, which comprises a silicon substrate, a gradient refractive index waveguide, a silicon dioxide substrate, a two-dimensional inverted taper waveguide and a cladding, the silicon dioxide substrate, the two-dimensional inverted taper waveguide and the cladding are sequentially arranged on one side of the silicon dioxide substrate, and the gradient refractive index waveguide is arranged on the other side of the silicon substrate and is attached to the two-dimensional inverted taper waveguide; the opposite faces of the gradient refractive index waveguide are respectively provided with a first input port and a first output port, the long axis of the two-dimensional inverted taper waveguide is provided with a second input port and a second output port at both ends, and the first output port is attached to the second input port; incident light is incident from the first input port, is output from the first output port after being condensed by the gradient refractive index waveguide, is then incident into the two-dimensional inverted taper waveguide through the second input port for adiabatic transmission, and is finally output from the second output port and coupled with an integrated silicon waveguide.