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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Y. Yasumura, Lafayette, CA (US);
Lieven Verslegers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jill D. Berger, Saratoga, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated optical assembly includes an optics mount. The optics mount has disposed thereon a light source for providing a beam of light and a lens configured to focus the beam of light. The integrated optical assembly includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) mechanically coupled to the optics mount. The PIC has disposed thereon a grating coupler for receiving the beam of light and coupling the beam of light into a waveguide. The integrated optical assembly includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror configured to receive the beam of light from the lens and redirect it towards the grating coupler. A position of a reflective portion of the MEMS mirror is adjustable to affect an angle of incidence of the beam of light on the grating coupler.