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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Luxtera, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Mack, San Diego, CA (US);
Subal Sahni, La Jolla, CA (US);
Steffen Gloeckner, San Diego, CA (US);
Luxtera, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for optical power monitoring of a light source assembly coupled to a silicon photonically-enabled integrated circuit (chip) are disclosed and may include, in a system comprising an optical source assembly coupled to the chip: emitting a primary beam from a front facet of a laser in the optical source assembly and a secondary beam from a back facet of the laser, directing the primary beam to an optical coupler in the chip, directing the secondary beam to a surface-illuminated photodiode in the chip, and monitoring an output power of the laser utilizing an output signal from the photodiode. The primary beam may comprise an optical source for a photonics transceiver in the chip. The focused primary beam and the secondary beam may be directed to the chip using reflectors in a lid of the optical source assembly.