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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Tsung-ein Tsai, San Jose, CA (US);
Junnarker Mahesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Gabel Chong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tsung-Ein Tsai, San Jose, CA (US);
Junnarker Mahesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Gabel Chong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermo-optical device may use a heater to tune an optical device such as an optical switch, a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, or a variable optical attenuator, to mention a few examples. In some embodiments, polarization-dependent losses caused by the heating and power efficiency may be improved by defining a clad core including an optical core and cladding material on a substrate and covering the clad core on three sides with a heater.