Patents by Inventor Alexander W. Fang
Alexander W. Fang 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).
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Patent number: 11909516Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods for utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable optical transmitter. A laser array outputs a plurality of laser signals (which may further be modulated based on electrical signals), each of the plurality of laser signals having a wavelength, wherein the wavelength of each of the plurality of laser signals is tunable based on other electrical signals. An optical router receives the plurality of (modulated) laser signals at input ports and outputs the plurality of received (modulated) laser signals to one or more output ports based on the tuned wavelength of each of the plurality of received laser signals. This reconfigurable transmitter enables dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple destinations via the tuning of the laser wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Robert Koch, Daniel Sparacin, Alexander W. Fang
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Publication number: 20220263595Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods for utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable optical transmitter. A laser array outputs a plurality of laser signals (which may further be modulated based on electrical signals), each of the plurality of laser signals having a wavelength, wherein the wavelength of each of the plurality of laser signals is tunable based on other electrical signals. An optical router receives the plurality of (modulated) laser signals at input ports and outputs the plurality of received (modulated) laser signals to one or more output ports based on the tuned wavelength of each of the plurality of received laser signals. This reconfigurable transmitter enables dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple destinations via the tuning of the laser wavelengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Brian Robert Koch, Daniel Sparacin, Alexander W. Fang
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Patent number: 11356191Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods for utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable optical transmitter. A laser array outputs a plurality of laser signals (which may further be modulated based on electrical signals), each of the plurality of laser signals having a wavelength, wherein the wavelength of each of the plurality of laser signals is tunable based on other electrical signals. An optical router receives the plurality of (modulated) laser signals at input ports and outputs the plurality of received (modulated) laser signals to one or more output ports based on the tuned wavelength of each of the plurality of received laser signals. This reconfigurable transmitter enables dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple destinations via the tuning of the laser wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Robert Koch, Daniel Sparacin, Alexander W. Fang
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Publication number: 20210021367Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods for utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable optical transmitter. A laser array outputs a plurality of laser signals (which may further be modulated based on electrical signals), each of the plurality of laser signals having a wavelength, therein the wavelength of each of the plurality of laser signals is tunable based on other electrical signals. An optical router receives the plurality of (modulated) laser signals at input ports and outputs the plurality of received (modulated) laser signals to one or more output ports based on the tuned wavelength of each of the plurality of received laser signals. This reconfigurable transmitter enables dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple destinations via the tuning of the laser wavelengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Brian Robert Koch, Daniel Sparacin, Alexander W. Fang
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Patent number: 10826643Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods for utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable optical transmitter. A laser array outputs a plurality of laser signals (which may further be modulated based on electrical signals), each of the plurality of laser signals having a wavelength, wherein the wavelength of each of the plurality of laser signals is tunable based on other electrical signals. An optical router receives the plurality of (modulated) laser signals at input ports and outputs the plurality of received (modulated) laser signals to one or more output ports based on the tuned wavelength of each of the plurality of received laser signals. This reconfigurable transmitter enables dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple destinations via the tuning of the laser wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Robert Koch, Daniel Sparacin, Alexander W. Fang
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Publication number: 20190260492Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods for utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable optical transmitter. A laser array outputs a plurality of laser signals (which may further be modulated based on electrical signals), each of the plurality of laser signals having a wavelength, wherein the wavelength of each of the plurality of laser signals is tunable based on other electrical signals. An optical router receives the plurality of (modulated) laser signals at input ports and outputs the plurality of received (modulated) laser signals to one or more output ports based on the tuned wavelength of each of the plurality of received laser signals. This reconfigurable transmitter enables dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple destinations via the tuning of the laser wavelengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Brian Robert Koch, Daniel Sparacin, Alexander W. Fang
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Patent number: 10320515Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods for utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable optical transmitter. A laser array outputs a plurality of laser signals (which may further be modulated based on electrical signals), each of the plurality of laser signals having a wavelength, wherein the wavelength of each of the plurality of laser signals is tunable based on other electrical signals. An optical router receives the plurality of (modulated) laser signals at input ports and outputs the plurality of received (modulated) laser signals to one or more output ports based on the tuned wavelength of each of the plurality of received laser signals. This reconfigurable transmitter enables dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple destinations via the tuning of the laser wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Brian Koch, Daniel Sparacin, Alexander W. Fang
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Patent number: 10224695Abstract: In the prior art, tunable lasers utilizing silicon-based tunable ring filters and III-V semiconductor-based gain regions required the heterogeneous integration of independently formed silicon and III-V semiconductor based optical elements, resulting in large optical devices requiring a complex manufacturing process (e.g., airtight packaging to couple the devices formed on different substrates, precise alignment for the elements, etc.). Embodiments of the invention eliminate the need for bulk optical elements and hermetic packaging, via the use of hybridized III-V/silicon gain regions and silicon optical components, such as silicon wavelength filters and stabilized wavelength references, thereby reducing the size and manufacturing complexity of tunable lasing devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Aurrion, Inc.Inventors: Alexander W. Fang, Gregory Alan Fish, John Hutchinson
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Patent number: 9692207Abstract: In the prior art, tunable lasers utilizing silicon-based tunable ring filters and III-V semiconductor-based gain regions required the heterogeneous integration of independently formed silicon and III-V semiconductor based optical elements, resulting in large optical devices requiring a complex manufacturing process (e.g., airtight packaging to couple the devices formed on different substrates, precise alignment for the elements, etc.). Embodiments of the invention eliminate the need for bulk optical elements and hermetic packaging, via the use of hybridized III-V/silicon gain regions and silicon optical components, such as silicon wavelength filters and silicon wavelength references, thereby reducing the size and manufacturing complexity of tunable lasing devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Aurrion, Inc.Inventors: Alexander W. Fang, Gregory Alan Fish, John Hutchinson
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Publication number: 20170141536Abstract: In the prior art, tunable lasers utilizing silicon-based tunable ring filters and III-V semiconductor-based gain regions required the heterogeneous integration of independently formed silicon and III-V semiconductor based optical elements, resulting in large optical devices requiring a complex manufacturing process (e.g., airtight packaging to couple the devices formed on different substrates, precise alignment for the elements, etc.). Embodiments of the invention eliminate the need for bulk optical elements and hermetic packaging, via the use of hybridized III-V/silicon gain regions and silicon optical components, such as silicon wavelength filters and stabilized wavelength references, thereby reducing the size and manufacturing complexity of tunable lasing devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Alexander W. Fang, Gregory Alan Fish, John Hutchinson
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Patent number: 9583913Abstract: In the prior art, tunable lasers utilizing silicon-based tunable ring filters and III-V semiconductor-based gain regions required the heterogeneous integration of independently formed silicon and III-V semiconductor based optical elements, resulting in large optical devices requiring a complex manufacturing process (e.g., airtight packaging to couple the devices formed on different substrates, precise alignment for the elements, etc.). Embodiments of the invention eliminate the need for bulk optical elements and hermetic packaging, via the use of hybridized III-V/silicon gain regions and silicon optical components, such as silicon wavelength filters and stabilized wavelength references, thereby reducing the size and manufacturing complexity of tunable lasing devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Aurrion, Inc.Inventors: Alexander W. Fang, Gregory Alan Fish, John Hutchinson
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Patent number: 9322996Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe photonic integrated circuits (PICs) formed using simultaneous fabrication operations performed on photonic device layers. Each device of a PIC may be made from different optimized materials by growing the materials separately, cutting pieces of the different materials and bonding these pieces to a shared wafer. Embodiments of the invention bond photonic device layers so that shared (i.e., common) processing operations may be utilized to make more than one device simultaneously. Embodiments of the invention allow for simpler, more cost effective fabrication of PICs and improve photonic device performance and reliability.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Aurrion, Inc.Inventors: Brian Koch, Erik Norberg, Alexander W. Fang, Jae Shin, Gregory Alan Fish
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Patent number: 9020002Abstract: Photonic integrated circuits on silicon are disclosed. By bonding a wafer of compound semiconductor material as an active region to silicon and removing the substrate, the lasers, amplifiers, modulators, and other devices can be processed using standard photolithographic techniques on the silicon substrate. A silicon laser intermixed integrated device in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprising at least one waveguide in a top surface, and a compound semiconductor substrate comprising a gain layer, the compound semiconductor substrate being subjected to a quantum well intermixing process, wherein the upper surface of the compound semiconductor substrate is bonded to the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Matthew N. Sysak, John E. Bowers, Alexander W. Fang, Hyundai Park
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Publication number: 20140254978Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe photonic integrated circuits (PICs) formed using simultaneous fabrication operations performed on photonic device layers. Each device of a PIC may be made from different optimized materials by growing the materials separately, cutting pieces of the different materials and bonding these pieces to a shared wafer. Embodiments of the invention bond photonic device layers so that shared (i.e., common) processing operations may be utilized to make more than one device simultaneously. Embodiments of the invention allow for simpler, more cost effective fabrication of PICs and improve photonic device performance and reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Brian Koch, Erik Norberg, Alexander W. Fang, Jae Shin, Gregory Alan Fish
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Patent number: 8781283Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an electro-optic device comprising a first region of silicon semiconductor material and a second region of III-V semiconductor material. A waveguide of the optical device is formed in part by a ridge in the second region. An optical mode of the waveguide is laterally confined by the ridge of the second region and vertically confined by a vertical boundary included in the first region. The ridge structure further serves as a current confinement structure over the active region of the electro-optic device, eliminating the need for implantation or other structures that are known to present reliability problems during manufacturing. The lack of “voids” and implants in electro-optic devices according to embodiments of the invention leads to better device reliability, process repeatability and improved mechanical strength.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Aurrion, Inc.Inventors: Alexander W. Fang, Gregory A. Fish, Steven C. Nicholes
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Patent number: 8774582Abstract: “Hybrid photonic devices” describe devices wherein the optical portion—i.e., the optical mode, comprises both the silicon and III-V semiconductor regions, and thus the refractive index of the semiconductor materials and the refractive index of the bonding layer region directly effects the optical function of the device. Prior art devices utilize an optically compliant layer that is the same material as the III-V substrate; however, during the final sub-process of the bonding process, the substrates must be removed by acids. These acids can etch into the bonding layer, causing imperfections to propagate at the interface of the bonded material, adversely affecting the optical mode shape and propagation loss of the device. Embodiments of the invention utilize a semiconductor etch-selective bonding layer that is not affected by the final stages of the bonding process (e.g., substrate removal), and thus protects the bonding interface layer from being affected.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Aurrion, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Jacob-Mitos, Gregory Alan Fish, Alexander W. Fang
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Patent number: 8767792Abstract: Embodiments of a method comprising guiding an optical mode with an optical waveguide disposed in silicon, overlapping both the optical waveguide and an active semiconductor material evanescently coupled to the optical waveguide with the optical mode guided through the optical waveguide, electrically pumping the active semiconductor material to inject current directed through the active semiconductor material and through the optical mode, and generating light in the active semiconductor material in response to the injected current. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: John E. Bowers, Oded Cohen, Alexander W. Fang, Richard Jones, Mario J. Paniccia, Hyundai Park
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Publication number: 20140010253Abstract: Photonic integrated circuits on silicon are disclosed. By bonding a wafer of compound semiconductor material as an active region to silicon and removing the substrate, the lasers, amplifiers, modulators, and other devices can be processed using standard photolithographic techniques on the silicon substrate. A silicon laser intermixed integrated device in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprising at least one waveguide in a top surface, and a compound semiconductor substrate comprising a gain layer, the compound semiconductor substrate being subjected to a quantum well intermixing process, wherein the upper surface of the compound semiconductor substrate is bonded to the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Matthew N. Sysak, John E. Bowers, Alexander W. Fang, Hyundai Park
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Patent number: 8559478Abstract: Photonic integrated circuits on silicon are disclosed. By bonding a wafer of compound semiconductor material as an active region to silicon and removing the substrate, the lasers, amplifiers, modulators, and other devices can be processed using standard photolithographic techniques on the silicon substrate. A silicon laser intermixed integrated device in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprising at least one waveguide in a top surface, and a compound semiconductor substrate comprising a gain layer, the compound semiconductor substrate being subjected to a quantum well intermixing process, wherein the upper surface of the compound semiconductor substrate is bonded to the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Matthew N. Sysak, John E. Bowers, Alexander W. Fang, Hyundai Park
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Patent number: 8538206Abstract: An electro-optic modulator comprising a first region of silicon material and a second region of non-silicon material. The second region may at least partially overlap the first region to create a lateral overlap region. An optical waveguide of the modulator may be included in the lateral overlap region and comprise of both the silicon and the non-silicon material. The refractive index of at least one of the silicon material and the non-silicon material within the optical waveguide may change based on an electrical difference applied between electrical contacts of the modulator.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Aurrion, LLCInventors: Gregory Fish, Alexander W. Fang