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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 30, 2023
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Raphael Beaupré-Laflamme, Quebec, CA;
Nicolas Boyer, Magog, CA;
François Pelletier, Quebec, CA;
Simon Savard, Quebec, CA;
Veronique Jomphe Allain, Québec, CA;
Luc Bélanger, Quebec, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture comprises: at least a portion of a wafer comprising a substrate and one or more layers fabricated on the substrate; one or more integrated photonic structures in the portion of the wafer, where at least a first integrated photonic structure of the one or more integrated photonic structures is associated with an electromagnetic wave propagation region that extends beyond a first surface of a first layer of the one or more layers; an array of liquid guiding structures arranged in a two-dimensional pattern on a portion of the first surface of the first layer; and an adhesive material making contact with the first surface of the first layer and with at least a majority of the liquid guiding structures in the array of liquid guiding structures.