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Wideband optical coupling into thin SOI CMOS photonic integrated circuit

US7415184B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SiOptical, Inc. · US

Inventors

Margaret Ghiron · Allentown, US
Prakash Gothoskar · Allentown, US
John Fangman · Leesport, US
Robert Keith Montgomery · Easton, US
Mary Nadeau · Alburtis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2007
Grant date	Aug 19, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4231
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An arrangement for providing optical coupling into and out of a relatively thin silicon waveguide formed in the SOI layer of an SOI structure includes a lensing element and a defined reference surface within the SOI structure for providing optical coupling in an efficient manner. The input to the waveguide may come from an optical fiber or an optical transmitting device (laser). A similar coupling arrangement may be used between a thin silicon waveguide and an output fiber (either single mode fiber or multimode fiber).

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