Patents by Inventor Zhan Su

Zhan Su has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11853870
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a photonic device includes dividing a target photonic network, which is a photonic network configured for the photonic semiconductor device, into a plurality of sub-photonic networks, forming the plurality of sub-photonic networks on a plurality of photonic chips, and connecting the plurality of sub-photonic networks on the plurality of photonic chips through a coupler to obtain the photonic semiconductor device carrying the target photonic network, wherein the coupler is configured to couple light from one photonic chip to another photonic chip. Compared with the scale of the photonic network of the existing photonic semiconductor device, which is limited due to the footprint limitation of a single chip, the scale of the photonic network of the photonic semiconductor device is increased several times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING GUANGZHIYUAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yichen Shen, Huaiyu Meng, Zhan Su, Yanfei Bai, Jinghui Zou
  • Publication number: 20230324616
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexing filter comprises: a first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and a second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers; wherein the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer are included in a group of multiple multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers arranged within a binary tree arrangement, the binary tree arrangement comprising: a first set of a plurality of multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, the first set including the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral response with a first spacing between adjacent passbands, and a second set of at least twice as many multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers as in the first set, the second set including the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral respon
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan
  • Patent number: 11714238
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexing filter comprises: a first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and a second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers; wherein the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer are included in a group of multiple multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers arranged within a binary tree arrangement, the binary tree arrangement comprising: a first set of a plurality of multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, the first set including the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral response with a first spacing between adjacent passbands, and a second set of at least twice as many multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers as in the first set, the second set including the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral respon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Photonics LLC
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan
  • Publication number: 20230155676
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for transmitting performance parameters of a far-end optical module of a far-end node, a detection method for detecting performance of a far-end optical module, a method for transmitting control parameters for controlling a far-end optical module of a far-end node, a method for controlling a far-end optical module of a far-end node, a far-end optical module, a near-end optical module, and a fronthaul system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Nengnian ZHU, Yun ZHANG, Zhan SU
  • Publication number: 20230052542
    Abstract: At least one beam of an optical wave is transmitted along a transmission angle toward a target location from a send aperture of a transmitter. The optical wave comprises at least a first portion, and a second portion having a different characteristic from a characteristic of the first portion. Two or more receivers include at least one receiver comprising: a receive aperture arranged in proximity to at least one of the send aperture or a receive aperture of a different receiver, an optical phased array within the receive aperture, the optical phased array being configured to receive at least a portion of a collected optical wave arriving at the receive aperture along a respective collection angle, and a filter configured to filter the received portion of the collected optical wave according to the characteristic of the first portion of the optical wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Russo, Christopher Vincent Poulton, Matthew Byrd, Zhan Su, Ehsan Hosseini, Michael Robert Watts
  • Publication number: 20230008989
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an optical structure, an optical coupling method, and a photonic integrated circuit chip. The optical structure includes: two optical coupling structures with different structures, that is, a first optical coupling structure and a second optical coupling structure. The first optical coupling structure includes a first optical transmission structure, and a first coupling port and a second coupling port both connected to the first optical transmission structure. The second optical coupling structure includes a second optical transmission structure, and a third coupling port and a photoelectric conversion structure both connected to the second optical transmission structure. When optical signals are provided in different methods or optical coupling is performed in different scenarios, optical signal coupling can be realized by using optical coupling structures of different structures in the abovementioned optical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Nanjing Guangzhiyuan Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhan SU, Junjie CHEN, Jianhua WU, Yunpeng ZHU, Hui CHEN, Zhiquan XUE, Ronald GAGNON, Huaiyu MENG, Yichen SHEN
  • Patent number: 11525915
    Abstract: At least one beam of an optical wave is transmitted along a transmission angle toward a target location from a send aperture of a transmitter. The optical wave comprises at least a first portion, and a second portion having a different characteristic from a characteristic of the first portion. Two or more receivers include at least one receiver comprising: a receive aperture arranged in proximity to at least one of the send aperture or a receive aperture of a different receiver, an optical phased array within the receive aperture, the optical phased array being configured to receive at least a portion of a collected optical wave arriving at the receive aperture along a respective collection angle, and a filter configured to filter the received portion of the collected optical wave according to the characteristic of the first portion of the optical wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Photonics LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Russo, Christopher Vincent Poulton, Matthew Byrd, Zhan Su, Ehsan Hosseini, Michael Robert Watts
  • Publication number: 20220343149
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a photonic device includes dividing a target photonic network, which is a photonic network configured for the photonic semiconductor device, into a plurality of sub-photonic networks, forming the plurality of sub-photonic networks on a plurality of photonic chips, and connecting the plurality of sub-photonic networks on the plurality of photonic chips through a coupler to obtain the photonic semiconductor device carrying the target photonic network, wherein the coupler is configured to couple light from one photonic chip to another photonic chip. Compared with the scale of the photonic network of the existing photonic semiconductor device, which is limited due to the footprint limitation of a single chip, the scale of the photonic network of the photonic semiconductor device is increased several times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Zhan SU, Yanfei BAI, Jinghui ZOU, Huaiyu MENG, Yichen SHEN
  • Publication number: 20220334418
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of photonic integrated circuits and provides an optical modulator and a photonic integrated system, which can suppress phase deviation caused by carrier diffusion. The optical modulator includes at least one phase shifter including a waveguide channel for transmitting optical signal, and a P-type doped region and a N-type doped region located on opposite sides of the waveguide channel. In the waveguide channel, an undoped intrinsic region is located between the P-type doped region and the N-type doped region. At least one end of the intrinsic region or close to the at least one end is provided with a blocking structure for blocking the diffusion of carriers from the intrinsic region along the waveguide propagation direction, so that the phase deviation caused by the diffusion of carriers can be suppressed, and the electrical crosstalk between adjacent phase shifters can be suppressed, thereby avoiding modulation signal distortion caused by the electrical crosstalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yanfei BAI, Zhan SU, Zhengguan LU, Yelong XU, Huaiyu MENG, Yichen SHEN
  • Publication number: 20220334313
    Abstract: A polarization rotator structure includes: a first core structure formed at a first layer, extending from the first end to a second end, and a second core structure formed at a second layer that is at a different depth than the first layer and formed in proximity to the first core structure. The first core structure and the second core structure provide mode hybridization between at least two orthogonally polarized waveguide modes of the PRS. An optical splitter structure is optically coupled at a first end to the second end of the PRS, and optically coupled at a second end to at least two optical waveguides, and includes: a first core structure that is contiguous with at least one of the first or second core structures of the PRS, and a second core structure that is separate from both of the first and second core structures of the PRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Analog Photonics LLC
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan, Michael Robert Watts
  • Patent number: 11409044
    Abstract: A polarization rotator structure includes: a first core structure formed at a first layer, extending from the first end to a second end, and a second core structure formed at a second layer that is at a different depth than the first layer and formed in proximity to the first core structure. The first core structure and the second core structure provide mode hybridization between at least two orthogonally polarized waveguide modes of the PRS. An optical splitter structure is optically coupled at a first end to the second end of the PRS, and optically coupled at a second end to at least two optical waveguides, and includes: a first core structure that is contiguous with at least one of the first or second core structures of the PRS, and a second core structure that is separate from both of the first and second core structures of the PRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Photonics LLC
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan, Michael Robert Watts
  • Publication number: 20220179159
    Abstract: A method for assembling a photonic computing system includes attaching a photonic source to a support structure, and attaching a photonic integrated circuit to the support structure. The photonic source includes a first laser die on a substrate configured to provide a first optical beam, and a second laser die on the substrate configured to provide a second optical beam. The photonic integrated circuit includes a first waveguide and a first coupler coupled to the first waveguide, and a second waveguide and a second coupler coupled to the second waveguide. The method includes attaching a plurality of beam-shaping optical elements to the support structure, the substrate, or the photonic integrated circuit, in which the attaching includes aligning a first beam-shaping optical element during attachment so that the first optical beam is coupled to the first coupler, and aligning a second beam-shaping optical element during attachment so that the second optical beam is coupled to the second coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jianhua Wu, Junjie Chen, Zhan Su, Hui Chen, Huaiyu Meng, Yichen Shen
  • Publication number: 20220137299
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexing filter comprises: a first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and a second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers; wherein the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer are included in a group of multiple multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers arranged within a binary tree arrangement, the binary tree arrangement comprising: a first set of a plurality of multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, the first set including the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral response with a first spacing between adjacent passbands, and a second set of at least twice as many multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers as in the first set, the second set including the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral respon
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan
  • Patent number: 11304371
    Abstract: A longitudinal axial flow drum structure having an adjustable threshing diameter includes a threshing drum, a transmission mechanism, a diameter regulating mechanism and a regulating steel wire pulling mechanism. The transmission mechanism delivers power to regulating devices of the diameter regulating mechanism. The diameter regulating mechanism is connected with the transmission mechanism and the threshing drum to enable threshing diameter regulation. The transmission mechanism and the diameter regulating mechanism are installed inside a feeding cylinder of the threshing drum. The threshing diameter is regulated in real-time and stepless manner by adjusting the regulating steel wire pulling mechanism to pull a regulating steel wire in the transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Yaoming Li, Zhan Su, Zhong Tang
  • Patent number: 11249254
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexing filter comprises: a first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and a second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers; wherein the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer are included in a group of multiple multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers arranged within a binary tree arrangement, the binary tree arrangement comprising: a first set of a plurality of multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, the first set including the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral response with a first spacing between adjacent passbands, and a second set of at least twice as many multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers as in the first set, the second set including the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral respon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Photonics LLC
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan
  • Publication number: 20210341675
    Abstract: A polarization rotator structure includes: a first core structure formed at a first layer, extending from the first end to a second end, and a second core structure formed at a second layer that is at a different depth than the first layer and formed in proximity to the first core structure. The first core structure and the second core structure provide mode hybridization between at least two orthogonally polarized waveguide modes of the PRS. An optical splitter structure is optically coupled at a first end to the second end of the PRS, and optically coupled at a second end to at least two optical waveguides, and includes: a first core structure that is contiguous with at least one of the first or second core structures of the PRS, and a second core structure that is separate from both of the first and second core structures of the PRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Analog Photonics LLC
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan, Michael Robert Watts
  • Publication number: 20200329641
    Abstract: A longitudinal axial flow drum structure having an adjustable threshing diameter includes a threshing drum, a transmission mechanism, a diameter regulating mechanism and a regulating steel wire pulling mechanism. The transmission mechanism delivers power to regulating devices of the diameter regulating mechanism. The diameter regulating mechanism is connected with the transmission mechanism and the threshing drum to enable threshing diameter regulation. The transmission mechanism and the diameter regulating mechanism are installed inside a feeding cylinder of the threshing drum. The threshing diameter is regulated in real-time and stepless manner by adjusting the regulating steel wire pulling mechanism to pull a regulating steel wire in the transmission mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Yaoming LI, Zhan SU, Zhong TANG
  • Publication number: 20200319409
    Abstract: A wavelength division multiplexing filter comprises: a first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and a second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer comprising a plurality of first-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers; wherein the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer are included in a group of multiple multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers arranged within a binary tree arrangement, the binary tree arrangement comprising: a first set of a plurality of multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers, the first set including the first multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral response with a first spacing between adjacent passbands, and a second set of at least twice as many multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometers as in the first set, the second set including the second multi-order Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and having an associated spectral respon
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Erman Timurdogan
  • Patent number: 10743402
    Abstract: Disclosed are a single plate heat radiation device and a method, and the device includes: a single plate heat radiator, a single plate, a first shielding plate having a panel portion, and a second shielding plate configured for heat radiating. A boss is provided on the second shielding plate. The boss is connected to the single plate radiator through an opening in the single plate and is configured for conducting the heat collected from the single plate by the single plate radiator to the second shielding plate. By means of the present invention, the problem of poor heat radiating effect in the related technology, caused by limited heat radiating area for convective heat radiating and limited heat radiating path for conductive heat radiating, is solved, and thereby the effects of increased heat radiating area and increased heat radiating path are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Zhan Su, Xianfeng Xiong, Fenghua Liu, Jun Yan
  • Publication number: 20200217961
    Abstract: At least one beam of an optical wave is transmitted along a transmission angle toward a target location from a send aperture of a transmitter. The optical wave comprises at least a first portion, and a second portion having a different characteristic from a characteristic of the first portion. Two or more receivers include at least one receiver comprising: a receive aperture arranged in proximity to at least one of the send aperture or a receive aperture of a different receiver, an optical phased array within the receive aperture, the optical phased array being configured to receive at least a portion of a collected optical wave arriving at the receive aperture along a respective collection angle, and a filter configured to filter the received portion of the collected optical wave according to the characteristic of the first portion of the optical wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Russo, Christopher Vincent Poulton, Matthew Byrd, Zhan Su, Ehsan Hosseini, Michael Robert Watts