Detachable optical connectors for optical chips comprising a connector support and methods of fabricating the same

US10782474B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Lars Martin Otfried Brusberg · Corning, US
• Douglas Llewellyn Butler · Corning, US
• Michael de Jong · Colleyville, US
• Alan Frank Evans · Corning, US
• Andreas Matiss · Berlin, DE
• James Scott Sutherland · Riverside, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 22, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/421
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Detachable optical connectors including a connector support for optical chips and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical assembly includes an optical chip including a surface, an edge extending from the surface, and at least one chip waveguide proximate the surface and terminating at the edge. The optical assembly further includes a waveguide support having a chip coupling surface, and at least one waveguide disposed within the waveguide support and terminating at the chip coupling surface, wherein the chip coupling surface is coupled to the edge of the optical chip such that the at least one waveguide within the waveguide support is optically coupled to the at least one chip waveguide of the optical chip. The optical assembly further includes a connector support having a first portion coupled to the optical chip, and a second portion coupled to the waveguide support.