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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Skorpios Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Guoliang Li, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Damien Lambert, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nikhil Kumar, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Skorpios Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/14 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/132 (2006.01); G02B 6/136 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/14 (2013.01); G02B 6/1228 (2013.01); G02B 6/132 (2013.01); G02B 6/136 (2013.01); G02B 6/305 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12038 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12061 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12097 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12147 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12152 (2013.01);
Abstract
A waveguide mode expander couples a smaller optical mode in a semiconductor waveguide to a larger optical mode in an optical fiber. The waveguide mode expander comprises a shoulder and a ridge. In some embodiments, the ridge of the waveguide mode expander has a plurality of stages, the plurality of stages having different widths at a given cross section.