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Optoelectronic device

US11209678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Rockley Photonics Limited · GB

Inventors

Dong Yoon Oh · Alhambra, US
Hooman Abediasl · Los Angeles, US
Gerald Cois Byrd · Adelanto, US
Karlheinz Muth · Hannover, DE
Yi Zhang · Pasadena, US
Aaron John Zilkie · Pasadena, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2019
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02F2203/21
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optoelectronic device, including: a rib waveguide, the rib waveguide including: a ridge portion, which includes a temperature-sensitive optically active region, and a slab portion, positioned adjacent to the ridge portion; the device further comprising a heater, disposed on top of the slab portion wherein a part of the heater closest to ridge portion is at least 2 μm away from the ridge portion. The device may also have a heater provided with a bottom cladding layer, and may also include various thermal insulation enhancing cavities.

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