Integrated optics arrangement for wavelength (De)multiplexing in a multi-grade vertical stack
US7444055B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2006/12119
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention describes an integrated-photonics arrangement, implementable in a multi-guide vertical integration structure composed from III-V semiconductors and grown in one epitaxial growth run, that allows for vertical and lateral splitting of optical signals co- or bi-directionally propagating in the common passive waveguide into plurality of the vertically integrated passive or active wavelength-designated waveguides, therefore, enabling the wavelength-designated waveguides operating in different wavelengths to be monolithically integrated onto the same substrate and connected to the shared passive waveguide. In the exemplary embodiments of the invention, two active wavelength-designated waveguides, each of which either laser or photodetector, are vertically integrated with a common passive waveguide connected to the input/output optical port shared by both operating wavelengths, to form a single-fiber, two-wavelength receiver (both wavelength-designated waveguides are waveguide photodetectors) or transmitter (both wavelength-designated waveguides are edge-emitting semiconductor injection lasers) or transceiver (one wavelength-designated waveguide is waveguide photodetector an…
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