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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Nima Nader, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey Chiles, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/1228 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12061 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12147 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides an optical coupler comprising: a first optical prong; a second optical prong; an optical waveguide with which the first optical prong and the second optical prong merge; wherein: a distance from an axially outer tip edge of the first optical prong to an axially outer tip edge of the first optical prong is greater than a planar width of the optical waveguide; and the first optical prong and the second optical prong are each tapered from the optical waveguide.