Patents Examined by Daniel Petkovsek
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Patent number: 12782639Abstract: A photonic polarizing beamsplitter is disclosed. The beamsplitter comprises a first waveguide, a second waveguide located above the first waveguide, and a birefringent coupler between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The birefringent coupler has an effective refractive index for a TM mode which is greater than a refractive index of the first waveguide, and an effective refractive index for a TE mode which is less than the refractive index of the first waveguide. The second waveguide comprises a plurality of outwardly tapering legs with a gap between adjacent legs that are connected downstream to a body. The vertical beamsplitter uses less surface area.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2024Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Tai-Chun Huang, Stefan Rusu
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Patent number: 12769059Abstract: An imaging optic includes a first end to receive laser light, an exterior, and a second end; an acoustic transmitter acoustically coupled to a first side of the exterior of the imaging optic; an acoustic absorber acoustically coupled to a second opposite side of the exterior of the imaging optic; a waveguide having a first end to receive an output from the second end of the imaging optic, a first core section, a second section, and a second end, wherein acoustic waves output from the acoustic transmitter are arranged to diffract a first order light from the laser light in the imaging optic; wherein the first order light is selectively output from the second end of the imaging optic into one of the sections of the waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 20, 2026Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.Inventors: Scott R. Karlsen, Dahv A.V. Kliner
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Patent number: 12769178Abstract: Exemplary method and configuration for a frequency conversion can be provided. For example, such method and configuration can use at least one transition metal dichalcogenide (TDM) crystal (which can include one or more MoS2 crystals, which can be stacked). For example, it is possible to providing at least one radiation to the at least one TDM crystal so as to generate a resultant radiation. Resultant information can be generated by measuring difference frequency and a second harmonic generation (SHG) from the resultant radiation provided from the TDM crystal. The frequency conversion can be obtained or achieved by providing a measurement of a SHG coherence length based on the resultant information.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 20, 2026Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Xinyi Xu, Chiara Trovatello, Fabian Mooshammer, Yinming Shao, Shuai Zhang, Kaiyuan Yao, Dmitri N. Basov, Giulio Cerullo, P. James Schuck
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Patent number: 12761431Abstract: A peripheral compute node addresses the challenge of extreme high-speed communication between accelerator modules in supercomputing systems where copper interconnects become inadequate at frequencies of 56G baud and above. The node comprises detachable accelerator and optical converter modules positioned with electrical trace lengths as short as 5 millimeters to minimize signal degradation. A two-part liquid cooling system enables independent thermal pressure application to different circuit board areas through mechanically isolated heat sinks connected by flexible tubes sharing common inlet and outlet connections. The architecture supports optical communication between accelerator modules on the same board, within the same rack, and across different racks, enabling distributed modules to function as unified supercomputers while providing field serviceability through pluggable component replacement.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2025Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignee: Next Silicon LtdInventor: Yehuda Mizrahi
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Patent number: 12761430Abstract: The present disclosure provides a package structure having a photonic integrated circuit, the package structure includes a substrate, a chip and an optical module. The chip has an optical waveguide structure and a recessed portion. The optical waveguide structure is adjacent to the recessed portion. The recessed portion faces the substrate, and the chip is engaged to the substrate by flip chip. The optical module is provided in the recessed portion of the chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2024Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Chih-Chung Hsu, Chih-Chung Wu, Zuon-Min Chuang, Chih-Wei Peng
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Patent number: 12761440Abstract: A optical cable member includes an optical cable, a fixing member, a first housing tube, and a second housing tube. The optical cable includes an optical fiber and a tensile strength member. In the optical cable, a cable main body housing the optical fiber and the tensile strength member, and a cable exposure portion in which the optical fiber and the tensile strength member are exposed to an outside are provided. The fixing member fixes the tensile strength member. The first housing tube is disposed between the fixing member and the cable main body, houses the tensile strength member therein, and allows the optical fiber to extend therein. The second housing tube is disposed on a side opposite to the first housing tube of the fixing member, and houses the optical fiber of the cable exposure portion therein. The second housing tube is a bendable member.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Noda, Hidenori Yamazaki
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Patent number: 12754374Abstract: A method includes: receiving a substrate; and forming an edge coupler on the substrate, the edge coupler configured to receive light. The forming includes: depositing a first edge coupling member extending in a first direction in a first layer over the substrate; and depositing a second edge coupling member extending in the first direction in a second layer over the first layer. Each of the first and second edge coupling members has a width measured in a second direction monotonically non-decreasing in the first direction. One of the first and second edge coupling members includes a portion in a concave shape and the other includes a portion in a convex shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Tse Tang, Chewn-Pu Jou
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Patent number: 12754365Abstract: An optical waveguide manufacturing method according to one embodiment is an optical waveguide manufacturing method by irradiating glass with femtosecond laser beam to form an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide manufacturing method includes a first process of irradiating the glass with the femtosecond laser beam having a pulse width of 300 (fs) or less and a repetition frequency of 700 (kHz) or less while relatively moving the glass and a focal position of the femtosecond laser beam and a second process of irradiating an increased refractive index portion with a femtosecond laser beam having a pulse width of 300 (fs) or less and a repetition frequency higher than 700 (kHz).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nakanishi, Manabu Shiozaki, Shigehiro Nagano, Hajime Arao
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Patent number: 12754383Abstract: An optical module includes an upper shell, a lower shell, an optical engine, an optical port bracket, and an optical fiber adapter. The lower shell is covered with the upper shell and forms an accommodating cavity with the upper shell. The optical engine is disposed in the accommodating cavity. The optical port bracket is disposed on a bottom surface of the lower shell. The optical fiber adapter is connected to the optical engine and the optical port bracket. The upper shell includes first limiting members. The lower shell includes a first limiting boss. The optical port bracket includes a plurality of side walls and second limiting bosses, and two opposite side walls among the plurality of side walls are fixedly connected to the first limiting members. The second limiting bosses are disposed on two opposite side walls of the plurality of side walls.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinlei Chen, Yantao Zhu, Yaxun Chi, Baofeng Si
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Patent number: 12748271Abstract: An optical component is provided. The optical component includes a silicon-based body including a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a micro lens structure. The first side wall is located on a first side of the silicon-based body and perpendicular to the bottom wall. The second side wall is located on a second side of the silicon-based body opposite to the first side, and forms an acute angle with the bottom wall. The micro lens structure is formed on the first side wall. The optical component further includes a protection layer formed over the first side wall and the micro lens structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: September 29, 2026Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shih-Wei Liang, Chen-Hua Yu, Jiun-Yi Wu, Nien-Fang Wu
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Patent number: 12730336Abstract: In an optical waveguide device, absorption of light by a control electrode is suppressed and peeling of a dielectric layer is prevented. An optical waveguide device of the present invention includes a substrate on which a rib type optical waveguide is formed, and a control electrode disposed next to the optical waveguide, in which an end portion of the control electrode facing to the optical waveguide is positioned in a first recess portion of the substrate, a dielectric layer that covers the optical waveguide is provided, a second recess portion that is further recessed from a shallowest position of the first recess portion is provided in a part of the first recess portion at a base part of the optical waveguide, and the dielectric layer is disposed in the second recess portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Hirata, Kosuke Okahashi, Yu Kataoka, Yumi Murata
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Patent number: 12725997Abstract: An optical radiation modulation device that includes two or more optical fibers arranged optically in parallel, a first coupler coupled with the optical fibers, and a second coupler coupled with the optical fibers. The first coupler is operable to receive a single-wavelength optical radiation and to provide or distribute the single-wavelength optical radiation to the optical fibers. The second coupler is operable to receive optical radiations outputted by the optical fibers. The optical fibers include, at least: a first optical fiber operable to modulate the single-wavelength optical radiation provided or distributed to the first optical fiber to generate a multi-wavelength optical radiation for output to the second coupler; and a second optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: City University of Hong KongInventors: Lidai Wang, Jiangbo Chen
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Patent number: 12724300Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical waveguide device that suppresses optical absorption even in a case where an electrode clearance is narrow. An optical waveguide device of the present invention includes a substrate 1 on which an optical waveguide 10 is formed, and a control electrode 3 disposed close to the optical waveguide on the substrate, in which the optical waveguide 10 is a protruding optical waveguide, and a shape of a side surface of the control electrode 3 facing the optical waveguide includes an inclined surface 32 having a predetermined angle from the substrate and a curved surface 33 that is contiguous to the inclined surface and that forms a curved recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Okahashi, Yu Kataoka
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Patent number: 12724318Abstract: An optical pulse train generation device includes a storage unit and a characteristic setting unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of phase patterns in advance. The plurality of phase patterns are phase patterns for forming, from a first optical pulse, an optical pulse train including a plurality of second optical pulses having time differences therebetween and having different center wavelengths. Between the plurality of phase patterns, one or both of a first characteristic regarding the first optical pulse and a second characteristic regarding the optical pulse train are different. The characteristic setting unit sets the first characteristic and the second characteristic in response to the user's input. The storage unit stores the plurality of phase patterns in association with the first characteristic and the second characteristic. A spatial light modulator displays a phase pattern corresponding to the first characteristic and the second characteristic set by the characteristic setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Takashi Inoue
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Patent number: 12717177Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically tunable photonic resonator device for a component having a fast and flat actuation response. The photonic resonator device includes at least one optical waveguide with an optical interface for coupling in laser light. The photonic resonator device includes at least one optical resonator including a waveguide made of an optical resonator material. A laser light coupled via the optical waveguide is coupled into at least one optical resonator. The photonic resonator device includes at least one piezo actuator to apply mechanical stress onto the optical resonator. The optical resonator, the piezo actuator, and the optical waveguide are monolithically integrated on a common substrate of the photonic resonator device. The photonic resonator device includes a mechanical mode suppression means configured to attenuate one or more mechanical modes of oscillation caused by an AC operation of the piezo actuator.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignees: Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL), Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Tobias Kippenberg, Sunil Bhave, Hao Tian, Johann Riemensberger, Grigorii Likhachev, Anat Siddharth
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Patent number: 12717209Abstract: A third-harmonic generation method includes frequency-quadrupling a fundamental optical beam via cascaded second-harmonic generation to yield a fourth-harmonic optical beam. The method also includes down-converting the fourth-harmonic optical beam to yield a third-harmonic optical beam. A third harmonic generator includes a monolithic optical element having nonzero quadratic electric susceptibility to (i) frequency-quadruple a fundamental optical beam via cascaded second-harmonic generation, and (ii) down-convert a fourth-harmonic optical beam to yield a third-harmonic optical beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Jeffrey A. Moses, Noah Flemens, Nuno Vinicius
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Patent number: 12710595Abstract: Optical transceiver architecture utilizing micro-ring modulators and micro-ring resonators configured to route resonant wavelengths of light injected into each micro-ring resonator's input port and through port to that micro-ring resonator's drop port and add port, respectively. The micro-ring resonators drop two distinct streams of data modulated onto the same optical wavelength, or two wavelengths separated by an integer number of free spectral ranges coupled into the micro-ring resonators in two different directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: NVIDIA Corp.Inventors: Angad Rekhi, Benjamin Giles Lee
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Patent number: 12704673Abstract: A waveguide is provided for transmitting electromagnetic waves, in particular for transmitting image information, from a proximal end to a distal end, along a transport direction running between the ends and a via a cross-section running transversely to the transport direction. The waveguide has a plurality of structural elements, wherein at least two different types of structural elements have a first type with a first refractive index and a second type with a second refractive index. Each of the structural dements extends along the transport direction and over a part of the cross-section of the waveguide such that a plurality of cross-sectional regions are defined in the cross-section of the waveguide, each cross-sectional region corresponding to the cross-section of an individual structural element.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Andreas Koglbauer, Andreas Ortner, Oliver Sohr, David Sohr, Andrea Ravagli
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Patent number: 12704762Abstract: A laser amplification device includes an amplification unit and a phase adjustment unit; the amplification unit includes a signal light source, an excitation light source, and a nonlinear optical crystal; the nonlinear optical crystal has a plurality of spatially different crystal portions; the signal light source, the excitation light source, and the nonlinear optical crystal are arranged such that signal light and excitation light are simultaneously incident on the plurality of crystal portions and that the elements of at least one of a set of the angles of incidence between the crystal axes of the plurality of crystal portions and the signal light and a set of the angles of incidence between the crystal axes of the plurality of crystal portions and the excitation light are different.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takashi Sekine, Yoshinori Tamaoki
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Patent number: 12699223Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate having a first region and a second region. The semiconductor device includes a silicon lens formed in the first region and along a surface of the silicon substrate on a first side of the silicon substrate. The semiconductor device includes a photonic die disposed in the first region and on a second side of the silicon substrate, the second side being opposite to the first side. The semiconductor device includes a waveguide disposed on the second side of the silicon substrate and having a grating coupler.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Wen-Shiang Liao