Lumera Corporation

Gigoptix, Inc.

Plexera, LLC

Brphotonics Produtos Optoeletronicos Ltda

Brphotonics Produtos Optoelectronicos Ltda

Raluca Dinu

Danliang Jin

Louis J Bintz

Bing Li

Jeffrey K Kressbach

Christopher A Wiklof

Eric R Miller

Guomin Yu

Hui Chen

Diyun Huang

Baoquan Chen

Anna Barklund

Dan L Jin

Mary K Koenig

Nick Wolf

Nicholas Adam Wolf

An integrated circuit is configured for optical communication via an optical polymer stack located on top of the integrated circuit. The optical polymer stack may include one or more electro-optic polymer devices including an electro-optic polymer. The electro-optic polymer may include a host polymer and a second order nonlinear chromomophore, the host polymer and the chromophore both including aryl groups configured to interact with one another to provide enhanced thermal and/or temporal stability.

Method for making an integrated circuit having optical data communication

Integrated circuit with optical data communication

An electro-optic polymer semiconductor integrated circuit includes one or more doped regions configured to drive one or more electrodes, and the electrodes are configured to drive a juxtaposed electro-optic core. The assembly may include a planarization layer disposed at least partially coplanar with the electrodes. The circuit may include an integrated multiplexer, driver configured to receive a signal from the multiplexer, at least one high speed electrode configured to be driven by the driver and modulate light energy passed through a hyperpolarizable poled chromophore regions disposed near the high speed electrode. The circuit may include a calibration storage circuit. The circuit may include, during fabrication, structures to provide voltage to a buried electrode and a shield to prevent damage from the poling field.

Integrated electro-optic device and method of making

An article, process, and method for surface plasmon resonance plates are described. A substrate is covered with a thin metal film onto which a second thin metal film is deposited. The surface of the second thin metal film is converted to the metal oxide which is used to covalently bond organosilanes to the surface. Reactive organosilanes containing terminal bonding groups are arranged in a plurality of spots that are surrounded by inert organosilanes. Biomolecule attachment to the binding group is detected or measured from surface plasmon signals from the first thin metal film.

Methods for making and using SPR microarrays

A method that includes (a) thermally biasing an electro-optic polymer device using an electrode; and (b) driving the electro-optic polymer device by applying a high frequency signal to the device using the same electrode.

Method of biasing and operating electro-optic polymer optical modulators

A process that comprises dry etching a trench into a side clad polymer layer using an underlying passive polymer layer as an etch stop, and then back filling the trench with an electro-optic polymer.

Method of fabricating polymer modulators with etch stop clads

Highly stable surface plasmon resonance plates, microarrays, and methods

A method including poling an optical waveguide device including an optical waveguide core, an electrode, and an organically modified sol-gel layer.

Electro-optic polymer waveguide devices incorporating organically modified sol-gel clads

In one aspect, a microelectrode comprising an upper surface, two walls, and a polymer core is described, wherein each of the two walls forms an angle with a lower surface, and the upper surface and each of the two walls comprises a metal thin film in contact with the polymer core. The lower surface, however, lacks a continuous metal thin film. In another aspect, a microelectrode comprising a metal thin film is described in which the metal thin film has a thickness and a plane bisects the thickness. The plane forms an angle with a lower surface that lacks a contiuous metal thin film. The metal thin film is in contact with a supporting polymer having an upper surface that also lacks a continuous metal thin film.

Polymer sustained microelectrodes

A process for fabricating a microelectrode is described that includes: a) providing a substrate comprising at least one polymer micro-ridge, where the polymer micro-ridge comprises an upper surface and two walls, and the two walls form an angle with a lower surface; b) depositing a metal thin film on the upper surface, the two walls, and the lower surface; and c) etching a predetermined amount of the deposited metal thin film on the lower surface to form the microelectrode.

Process of fabricating polymer sustained microelectrodes

Electro-optic waveguide devices that comprise an electro-optic polymer core and a polymer buffer clad. The polymer buffer clad comprises an organically modified sol-gel and has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the core.

A device that comprises: a) a first optical waveguide; b) a second optical waveguide; c) an optical coupling region including the first and second optical waveguides, the optical coupling region characterized as having at least one coupling length and comprising a first bias section, a modulation section, and a second bias section arranged such that light propagates serially through the first bias section, the modulation section, and the second bias section; d) a first bias electrode for biasing the first bias section; e) a modulating electrode for applying a modulating voltage to the modulation section, the modulating electrode being positioned to control the refractive index of the first optical waveguide; and f) a second bias electrode for biasing the second bias section.

Linear optical modulators and method of linear optical modulation

An electro-optic waveguide device that includes (a) an electro-optic polymer core having a refractive index and (b) an electro-optic first polymer clad in proximity to the electro-optic polymer core. The electro-optic first polymer clad having a refractive index that is lower than the refractive index of the electro-optic polymer core

Polymer waveguide devices incorporating electro-optically active polymer clads

A microfabrication process for preparing articles in which a precursor article that includes (a) a substrate, (b) a first polymer layer overlying the substrate, (c) a second polymer layer overlying the first polymer layer, (d) a metal hardmask layer overlying the second polymer layer, and (e) a photodefinable layer overlying the metal hardmask layer is subjected to photolithographic imaging, developing, and plasma etching steps to form an article that includes the substrate and portions of the first polymer layer arranged in a pattern corresponding to the pattern of the photomask used for photolithographic imaging.

Method for manufacturing polymer microstructures and polymer waveguides

An electro-optic waveguide device, comprising (a) a first polymer buffer clad having a refractive index of about 1.445 to about 1.505 and a thickness of about 2.2 &#x3bc;m to about 3.2 &#x3bc;m; (b) a first polymer clad having a refractive index of about 1.53 to about 1.61 and a thickness of about 1.0 &#x3bc;m to about 3.0 &#x3bc;m; (c) an electro-optic polymer core having a refractive index of about 1.54 to about 1.62 and a thickness of about 1.0 &#x3bc;m to about 3.0 &#x3bc;m; and (d) a second polymer buffer clad having a refractive index of about 1.445 to about 1.505 and a thickness of about 2.2 &#x3bc;m to about 3.2 &#x3bc;m.

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