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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2002
Andrew J. Kuzma, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew J. Kuzma, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated selectable waveguide device is shown that compensates for misalignment problems between an output optical port and an input optical port. In one example, the output port is part of an active optical device and the input port is part of a passive optical device, and both devices are combined in a single module to form an integrated optical device. The integrated selectable waveguide device has a plurality of selectable waveguide paths that can be controllably used to route an optical signal from the active device into the passive device, though the two devices are misaligned (e.g., transversely offset) in the module. An optimum selectable waveguide path correcting for the misalignment is chosen through testing the output of the module for maximum signal intensity at each of the plurality of selectable waveguide paths.