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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Chiral Photonics, Inc., Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Victor Il'ich Kopp, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Daniel Neugroschl, Suffern, NY (US);
Jonathan Singer, New Hope, PA (US);
Assignee:
Chiral Photonics, Inc., Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/024 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/30 (2013.01); G02B 6/024 (2013.01); G02B 6/02042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multichannel optical coupler array comprises a coupler housing structure and longitudinal waveguides. At least one of the longitudinal waveguides is a vanishing core waveguide. The coupler housing structure at a proximity to a first end has one of the following cross sectional configurations: a ring surrounding the longitudinal waveguides, or a structure with holes, at least one hole containing at least one of the longitudinal waveguides.