Infinera Corporation

Adc Telecommunications, Inc.

Agility Communications, Inc.

Agility Communicatioins, Inc.

Xiaofeng Han

David Gerald Coult

Timothy Butrie

Peter Weindel Evans

Mehrdad Ziari

Vikrant Lal

Jie Tang

Donald J Pavinski

Michael Reffle

Fred A Kish, Jr

Boying Barry Zhang

Zhicheng Yang

Fred A Klsh, Jr

A device may include a substrate. The device may include a carrier mounted to the substrate. The device may include a transmitter photonic integrated circuit (PIC) mounted on the carrier. The transmitter PIC may include a plurality of lasers that generate an optical signal when a voltage or current is applied to one of the plurality of lasers. The device may include a first microelectromechanical structure (MEMS) mounted to the substrate. The first MEMS may include a first set of lenses. The device may include a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) mounted to the substrate. The PLC may be optically coupled to the plurality of lasers by the first set of lenses of the first MEMS. The device may include a second MEMS, mounted to the substrate, that may include a second set of lenses, which may be configured to optically couple the PLC to an optical fiber.

Hybrid optical transmitter and/or receiver structure

Consistent with the present disclosure, an apparatus for producing a control signal for a laser source is provided, comprising an etalon configured to receive light from the laser source and control circuitry that provides the control signal, wherein the control signal is indicative of a comparison of (a) a difference between a forward transmission signal of the etalon and a backward reflection signal of the etalon and (b) the light received by the etalon from the laser source. Alternatively, the control signal is indicative of a comparison of (a) a difference between a forward transmission signal of the etalon and a backward reflection signal of the etalon and (b) a combination of the forward transmission signal of the etalon and the backward reflection signal of the etalon. Also consistent with the present disclosure, a method of aligning an etalon-based wavelength locking apparatus is provided, wherein the etalon of the apparatus is aligned with an optical axis along a direction of propagation of the output of the laser source by monitoring the signals indicative of the forward transmission signal and the backward reflection signal of the etalon.

Etalon-based wavelength locking apparatus and alignment method

An interferometer uses birefringent elements for splitting and combining beams of orthogonal polarization, and for changing the relative phase between the orthogonally polarized beams. A polarization sensitive detector is used to detect a fringe pattern whose periodicity is dependent on the relative optical paths traversed by the orthogonally polarized beams. In an embodiment of the invention, a birefringent beam splitter has an input path and first and second output paths. A birefringent beam combiner has first and second input paths and an output path, the first and second input paths of the birefringent beam combiner aligned respectively with the first and second output paths of the birefringent beam splitter. A polarization sensitive detector is disposed on the output path of the birefringent beam combiner to detect the periodicity of the fringe pattern.

Birefringent Mach-Zehnder interferometer

An astigmatism-correcting coupler includes a collimating lens for collimating a beam of coherent light output from a laser, a power adjusting lens for reducing any astigmatism of the collimated beam of coherent light output, and a focusing lens for focusing the collimated beam of coherent light output into an optical fiber. The focusing lens is a graded-index (GRIN) focusing lens that is cylindrically polished to have different focal powers in lateral and transverse planes. The cylindrical polished GRIN focusing lens corrects for astigmatic effects by adjusting the power of the light output on the transverse and lateral planes.

Grin lens based astigmatism correcting optical coupler

Presented herein is an astigmatism correcting coupler. The couplet comprises a collimating lens, a focusing lens, and a power adjusting lens element. The power adjusting lens element may be positioned intermediate the collimating lens and focusing lens, or positioned after the focusing lens element.

Astigmatism correcting optical coupler

In a device and method, the optical path length through an optical element is adjustable with high precision. The optical element has a first segment formed from a first optical material, the first segment having a first face at a first end and a second face at a second end opposing the first face, the second face being non-parallel with the first. The first and second faces are disposed on a beam path. The element also includes a second segment formed from a second optical material, having a third face at a third end and a fourth face at a fourth end opposing the third face, the third face being non-parallel with the fourth face. At least one of the first and second segments is translatable across the beam path so as to change an optical path length through the optical element.

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Xiaofeng Han