Integrated circuit device having optically coupled layers
US7570849B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2006/12166
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an integrated circuit device comprising a vertical arrangement of integrated circuit layers, coupling of an optical signal between a first integrated circuit layer thereof and a second integrated circuit layer thereof is described. The optical signal is evanescently coupled between a photonic crystal defect waveguide and a photonic crystal defect cavity in the first integrated circuit layer and projectably coupled between the photonic crystal defect cavity and an optical aperture on the second integrated circuit layer.
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