Patents by Inventor Aitor VILLAFRANCA VELASCO

Aitor VILLAFRANCA VELASCO 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).

  • Publication number: 20230251414
    Abstract: The invention relates to a waveguide and a polarisation splitter based on said waveguide, in which a rotation of an angle greater than zero is applied to a plurality of sections of a core material and a plurality of sections of a covering material, thereby achieving an independent control of the refractive indices of a zero-order transverse electric mode and a zero-order transverse magnetic mode. This document also describes a manufacturing method of said waveguide which allows the birefringence of the light that passes through the waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Robert HALIR, Jose Manuel LUQUE GONZALEZ, Alaine HERRERO BERMELLO, Alejandro ORTEGA MONUX, Inigo MOLINA FERNANDEZ, Juan Gonzalo WANGUEMERT PEREZ, Aitor VILLAFRANCA VELASCO
  • Patent number: 11644612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a waveguide and a polarisation splitter based on said waveguide, in which a rotation of an angle greater than zero is applied to a plurality of sections of a core material and a plurality of sections of a covering material, thereby achieving an independent control of the refractive indices of a zero-order transverse electric mode and a zero-order transverse magnetic mode. This document also describes a manufacturing method of said waveguide which allows the birefringence of the light that passes through the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Robert Halir, Jose Manuel Luque Gonzalez, Alaine Herrero Bermello, Alejandro Ortega Monux, Inigo Molina Fernandez, Juan Gonzalo Wanguemert Perez, Aitor Villafranca Velasco
  • Publication number: 20220326435
    Abstract: An integrated mode converter and multiplexer (/demultiplexer) combines a multimode interference coupler, at least one phase-shifter and a symmetrical Y-junction. The dispersion of the multimode interference coupler is engineered through subwavelength structures in order to achieve a very wide bandwidth. Several phase-shifter topologies for further bandwidth enhancement are disclosed, as well as architectures for multiplexing a greater number of optical modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: David GONZÁLEZ ANDRADE, Aitor VILLAFRANCA VELASCO, Pedro CORREDERA GUILÉN, J. Gonzalo WANGÜEMERT PÉREZ, Alejandro ORTEGA MOÑUX, Robert HALIR, Iñigo MOLINA FERNÁNDEZ
  • Patent number: 11360261
    Abstract: An integrated mode converter and multiplexer (/demultiplexer) is disclosed, which combines a multimode interference coupler (100), at least one phase-shifter (200) and a symmetrical Y-junction (300). The dispersion of the multimode interference coupler (100) is engineered through subwavelength structures in order to achieve a very wide bandwidth. Several phase-shifter (200) topologies for further bandwidth enhancement are disclosed, as well as architectures for multiplexing a greater number of optical modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC)
    Inventors: David González Andrade, Aitor Villafranca Velasco, Pedro Corredera Guilén, J. Gonzalo Wangüemert Pérez, Alejandro Ortega Moñux, Robert Halir, Iñigo Molina Fernández
  • Patent number: 11131809
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated polarisation splitter based on a sub-wavelength multimode interference coupler (110), in other words, a multimode interference coupler (110) with an anisotropic multimode waveguide region formed by a plurality of sections of core material (210) and a plurality of sections of a cladding material (230) alternately arranged in a periodic way, with a period (?) smaller than the wavelength of a light propagated through said anisotropic region. The core material sections (210) are rotated an angle (?) greater than zero with respect to a perpendicular with an input waveguide (120) to increase the anisotropic character of the multimode waveguide region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC), UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA
    Inventors: Aitor Villafranca Velasco, Alaine Herrero Bermello, Pedro Corredera, Robert Halir, Alejandro Ortega Moñux, J. Gonzalo Wangüemert Pérez, Inigo Molina Fernández
  • Publication number: 20210263210
    Abstract: The invention relates to a waveguide and a polarisation splitter based on said waveguide, in which a rotation of an angle greater than zero is applied to a plurality of sections of a core material and a plurality of sections of a covering material, thereby achieving an independent control of the refractive indices of a zero-order transverse electric mode and a zero-order transverse magnetic mode. This document also describes a manufacturing method of said waveguide which allows the birefringence of the light that passes through the waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Robert HALIR, Jose Manuel LUQUE GONZALEZ, Alaine HERRERO BERMELLO, Alejandro ORTEGA MONUX, Inigo MOLINA FERNANDEZ, Juan Gonzalo WANGUEMERT PEREZ, Aitor VILLAFRANCA VELASCO
  • Publication number: 20210033789
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated polarisation splitter based on a sub-wavelength multimode interference coupler (110), in other words, a multimode interference coupler (110) with an anisotropic multimode waveguide region formed by a plurality of sections of core material (210) and a plurality of sections of a cladding material (230) alternately arranged in a periodic way, with a period (?) smaller than the wavelength of a light propagated through said anisotropic region. The core material sections (210) are rotated an angle (?) greater than zero with respect to a perpendicular with an input waveguide (120) to increase the anisotropic character of the multimode waveguide region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Aitor VILLAFRANCA VELASCO, Alaine HERRERO BERMELLO, Pedro CORREDERA, Robert HALIR, Alejandro ORTEGA MOÑUX, J. Gonzalo WANGÜEMERT PÉREZ, Inigo MOLINA FERNÁNDEZ
  • Publication number: 20200225412
    Abstract: An integrated mode converter and multiplexer (/demultiplexer) is disclosed, which combines a multimode interference coupler (100), at least one phase-shifter (200) and a symmetrical Y-junction (300). The dispersion of the multimode interference coupler (100) is engineered through subwavelength structures in order to achieve a very wide bandwidth. Several phase-shifter (200) topologies for further bandwidth enhancement are disclosed, as well as architectures for multiplexing a greater number of optical modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: David GONZÁLEZ ANDRADE, Aitor VILLAFRANCA VELASCO, Pedro CORREDERA GUILÉN, J. Gonzalo WANGÜEMERT PÉREZ, Alejandro ORTEGA MOÑUX, Robert HALIR, Iñigo MOLINA FERNÁNDEZ