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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Arbore, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jason S. Pelc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE, INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/35 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3536 (2013.01); G02B 6/29331 (2013.01); G02F 1/0128 (2013.01); G02F 1/0118 (2013.01); G02F 2201/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed herein describe optomechanical phase shifters. The optomechanical phase shifters may be configured with an asymmetry that improves the performance of the OM phase shifter as a function of wavelength. In some instances, the optomechanical phase shifter includes a section of a waveguide having an asymmetric cross-sectional shape. In other instances an optomechanical phase shifter is incorporated into a controllable optical switch, such that OM phase shifters may be actuated to selectively route light to different outputs of the controllable optical switch.