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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Nexus Photonics, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Nexus Photonics, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A device comprises first, second and third elements fabricated on a common substrate. The first element comprises an active waveguide structure supporting a first optical mode and at least one of the modal gain control structures. The second element comprises a passive waveguide structure supporting a second optical mode. The third element, at least partly butt-coupled to the first element, comprises an intermediate waveguide structure supporting intermediate optical modes. If the first optical mode differs from the second optical mode by more than a predetermined amount, a tapered waveguide structure in at least one of the second and third elements facilitate efficient adiabatic transformation between the second optical mode and one of the intermediate optical modes. No adiabatic transformation occurs between any of the intermediate optical modes and the first optical mode. Mutual alignments of the first, second and third elements are defined using lithographic alignment marks.