Hoya Corporation USA

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.

Rolf Andreas Wyss

Peter C Sercel

Joel S Paslaski

Henry A Blauvelt

Toshiaki Sonehara

Araceli Ruiz

Albert Michael Benzoni

A platform taper is formed in an optical chip. A light-transmitting medium is attached to the optical chip after forming the platform taper in the optical chip. An waveguide taper is formed in the light-transmitting medium such that the waveguide taper and the platform taper are aligned so as to form an optical taper on the optical device.

Construction of integrated mode transformers

A multi-channel or bidirectional optoelectronic device comprises a two or more optoelectronic components, e.g., a photodetector and a light source. A protective encapsulant can be applied to the optoelectronic device that includes hollow dielectric microspheres to reduce electrical cross-talk, and that can further include an optical absorber to reduce optical cross-talk.

Cross-talk reduction in a bidirectional optoelectronic device

An optical apparatus comprises: source, primary, and secondary waveguides formed in waveguide layers on a substrate; a light source; and an optical waveguide tap. The light source launches a source optical signal along the source waveguide. The tap divides the source optical signal into a primary optical signal in the primary waveguide and a secondary optical signal in the secondary waveguide. The secondary optical signal emerges from the secondary waveguide to exit the waveguide layers at the substrate edge or to propagate within the waveguide layers as a stray optical signal without confinement by any waveguide. The stray optical signal propagates thusly unconfined into the open mouth of an optical trap that comprises one or more lateral surfaces formed in the waveguide layers and an opaque coating on the lateral surfaces, and comprises a spiral region of the optical waveguide layers with an open mouth and closed end.

Optical waveguide splitter on a waveguide substrate for attenuating a light source

An optical submount has a circumscribed 4-faced depression on its bottom surface and a 3-faced depression at an edge of its bottom surface. An optical signal is transmitted through a face of the 3-faced depression and internally reflected from a face of the 4-faced depression. A set of additional depressions and intervening areas on the submount bottom surface act as an alignment mark.

Submount for optoelectronic, optical, or photonic components

An optical apparatus comprises: a waveguide substrate, optical cladding formed on the substrate; a waveguide core formed within the cladding, an optically absorptive layer formed within the cladding, and a linearly polarized light source. The waveguide core includes an attenuating segment thereof, and the absorptive layer is formed near the attenuating segment of the core. The core and cladding are arranged to form an optical waveguide that supports a propagating optical mode. The absorptive layer is positioned near the attenuating segment of the core so as to spatially overlap a portion of the optical mode. The extent of the overlap results in a designed level of optical loss per unit distance of propagation of a linearly polarized optical signal along the attenuating segment of the optical core in the optical mode without substantial alteration of the polarization state of the optical signal.

Optical waveguide attenuator for a polarized light source

A bidirectional optoelectronic device comprises a photodetector, a light source, and a drive circuit for the light source. The light source has first and second electrical leads for receiving an input electrical signal, and the drive circuit can be arranged to apply first and second portions of the input electrical signal to the first and second electrical leads, respectively, wherein the second portion of the input electrical signal is a scaled, inverted substantial replica of the first portion of the input electrical signal. A protective encapsulant can be applied that includes hollow dielectric microspheres to reduce electrical cross-talk, and that can further include an optical absorber to reduce optical cross-talk. A waveguide substrate of the device can include light collector(s) or trap(s) for redirecting and attenuating portions of optical signals propagating in waveguide layers on the substrate but not guided by a waveguide.

An optical element comprises a substantially transparent material having opposing first and second transmission surfaces and a substantially flat mounting surface between them, an alignment mark, and an optical coating. The optical element is mounted self-supporting on a substrate with the mounting surface on a mating portion thereof. With the alignment mark aligned to a corresponding mark on the substrate, waveguides on the substrate can be end-coupled by reflection from the first transmission surface. The transmission and mounting surfaces are arranged to position the transmission surfaces at respective orientations relative to the substrate surface so that an optical beam propagating substantially parallel to the substrate surface and entering the optical element through the first transmission surface propagates as an optical beam through the optical element above the mounting surface and exits the optical element through the second transmission surface. The optical element can further include a lens or an aperture.

Optical element for free-space propagation between an optical waveguide and another optical waveguide, component, or device

An apparatus comprises: a substrate; a photodetector formed on an area of a surface of the substrate; an electrical contact formed on a portion of the photodetector; and a reflector formed over a portion of the photodetector distinct from the portion of the photodetector having the electrical contact formed thereon. The substrate, the photodetector, and the reflector are arranged so that an optical signal to be detected is incident on the photodetector from within the substrate, and at least a portion of the optical signal incident on the photodetector and transmitted thereby on a first pass is reflected by the reflector to propagate through the photodetector for a second pass.

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Glendale, CA, United States of America

Rolf Andreas Wyss