Patents by Inventor Jason Pelc

Jason Pelc 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: 20210263216
    Abstract: An integrated photonics device that emits light out towards a measured sample value is disclosed. The device can include a discrete optical unit that attaches to a supporting layer. The discrete optical unit can include mirror(s), optics, detector array(s), and traces. The supporting layer can include one or more cavities having facet walls. Light emitter(s) can emit light that propagate through waveguide(s). The emitted light can exit the waveguide(s) (via termination point(s)), enter the one or more cavities at the facet walls, and be received by receiving facets of the discrete optical unit. The mirror(s) of the discrete optical unit can redirect the received light towards collimating optics, which can direct the light out of the device through the system interface. The discrete optical unit can be formed separately from the supporting layer or bonded to the supporting layer after the mirror, optics, detector arrays, and traces are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. Bishop, Vijay M. Iyer, Lexie Nicole Schachne, Jason Pelc
  • Patent number: 11086966
    Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus includes a plurality of nodes, a pump coupled to the plurality of nodes and a connection network. In one example, each one of the plurality of nodes may store a value. The pump provides energy to the each one of the plurality of nodes. The connection network may include a two dimensional array of elements, wherein each group of the two dimensional array of elements is in communication with a respective one of the plurality of nodes, wherein the connection network may be tuned with parameters associated with encoding of an Ising problem. The connection network may process the value stored in each one of the plurality of nodes. The Ising problem may be solved by the value stored in each one of the plurality of nodes at a minimum energy level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Jason Pelc, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Raymond G Beausoleil
  • Publication number: 20210199576
    Abstract: Described here are optical sampling architectures and methods for operation thereof. An optical sampling architecture can be capable of emitting a launch sheet light beam towards a launch region and receiving a detection sheet light beam from a detection region. The launch region can have one dimension that is elongated relative to another dimension. The detection region can also have one dimension elongated relative to another dimension such that the system can selectively accept light having one or more properties (e.g., angle of incidence, beam size, beam shape, etc.). In some examples, the elongated dimension of the detection region can be greater than the elongated dimension of the launch region. In some examples, the system can include an outcoupler array and associated components for creating a launch sheet light beam having light rays with different in-plane launch positions and/or in-plane launch angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Alan Arbore, Matthiew A. Terrel, Jason Pelc
  • Patent number: 10823912
    Abstract: Described herein is a top-side vertical outcoupler for use in an integrated photonics device. The integrated photonics device can include a photonics circuit, where light can propagate through waveguide(s) to outcoupler(s). The outcoupler(s) can redirect the light to optics, which can then collimate, focus, and/or direct the light to a launch region located on an external surface of the device. The integrated photonics device can include a plurality of layers deposited on a supporting layer. The plurality of layers can be used to form the waveguide(s) and the outcoupler(s). By forming the outcoupler(s) of the same material as the waveguide(s), the amount of light that is lost can be reduced or minimized. Additionally, the reduced number of interfaces that the light has to pass through to reach the outcoupler(s) can allow for better control of the divergence angles of the emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Pelc, Pat Wright, Peter L. D. Chang
  • Patent number: 10788368
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a system including a multi-wavelength integrated light source having one or more heaters. The system can comprise a substrate including a light source section, the heater(s), and a plurality of sections. The sections can include multiple materials, where the material for a given section can be based on one or more targeted criteria. For example, one section can have a targeted criteria of being optically transparent. Another section can have a targeted criteria of providing mechanical support, and another section can have a targeted criteria of being a thermal insulator. In some instances, openings in the substrate can be formed and filled with one or more materials to form a window (e.g., a section having a targeted criteria of being optically transparent) and a thermal isolator (e.g., a section having a targeted criteria of being thermally insulating).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Pelc, Mark Alan Arbore
  • Patent number: 10725242
    Abstract: One example includes an apparatus that includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports and a body portion. The plurality of I/O ports can be arranged at a plurality of peripheral surfaces of the body portion. The body portion includes a solid dielectric material having a substantially constant index of refraction. The body portion also includes parallel planar surfaces spaced apart by and bounded by the plurality of peripheral surfaces. The solid dielectric material in the body portion can be writable via a laser-writing process to form an optical waveguide extending between a set of the plurality of I/O ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Raymond G. Beausoleil, Marco Fiorentino, Jason Pelc, Charles M. Santori, Terrel L. Morris
  • Patent number: 10677995
    Abstract: One example includes an optical fiber interface. The interface includes a first substrate comprising a pair of opposing surfaces. The substrate includes an opening extending therethrough that defines an inner periphery. One surface of the opposing surfaces of the first substrate can be configured to be bonded to a given surface of a second substrate. The interface also includes a plurality of optical fibers secured to the other opposing surface of the first substrate and extending inwardly from a plurality of surfaces of the inner periphery at fixed locations to align the set of optical fibers to optical inputs/outputs (I/O) of an optical system chip that is coupled to the given surface of the second substrate and received through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Terrel L Morris, Raymond G Beausoleil, Jason Pelc, Marco Fiorentino, Charles M Santori, Michael W Cumbie
  • Patent number: 10650110
    Abstract: A photonic circuit design system includes a photonic circuit design tool to facilitate user inputs to generate a photonic circuit netlist comprising a photonic design component of a photonic circuit design. The system includes a memory system to store the photonic circuit netlist and a component library comprising a plurality of predetermined photonic design components from which the photonic design component is selected. The component library further includes physical data associated with physical characteristics of the plurality of predetermined photonic design components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Jason Pelc
  • Patent number: 10613415
    Abstract: In the examples provided herein, an optical logic gate includes multiple couplers, where no more than two types of couplers are used in the optical logic gate, and further wherein the two types of couplers consist of: a 3-dB coupler and a weak coupler with a given transmission-to-reflection ratio. The optical logic gate also includes a first resonator, wherein the first resonator comprises a photonic crystal resonator or a nonlinear ring resonator, wherein in operation, the first resonator has a dedicated continuous wave input to bias a complex amplitude of a total field input to the first resonator such that the total field input is either above or below a nonlinear switching threshold of the first resonator, where the optical logic gate is an integrated photonic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Charles M. Santori, Jason Pelc, Ranojoy Bose, Cheng Li, Raymond G. Beausoleil
  • Patent number: 10574361
    Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes e first beam splitter having a first output and a second output. A first optical waveguide is coupled to the first output, and a second optical waveguide is coupled to the second output. A first tunable phase delay is further coupled to the second optical waveguide and has a third output. A first set of phase modulators is coupled to the first optical waveguide, and a second set of phase modulators is coupled to the third output of the first tunable phase delay. At least one of the first set of phase modulators and the second set of phase modulators includes a phase modulator that is driven to three or more distinct phase states. A second beam splitter has a first input coupled to the first optical waveguide and a second input coupled to the second optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Jason Pelc, Ashkan Seyedi, Marco Fiorentino
  • Publication number: 20190353981
    Abstract: In the examples provided herein, an optical logic gate includes multiple couplers, where no more than two types of couplers are used in the optical logic gate, and further wherein the two types of couplers consist of: a 3-dB coupler and a weak coupler with a given transmission-to-reflection ratio. The optical logic gate also includes a first resonator, wherein the first resonator comprises a photonic crystal resonator or a nonlinear ring resonator, wherein in operation, the first resonator has a dedicated continuous wave input to bias a complex amplitude of a total field input to the first resonator such that the total field input is either above or below a nonlinear switching threshold of the first resonator, where the optical logic gate is an integrated photonic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Charles M. Santori, Jason Pelc, Ranojoy Bose, Cheng Li, Raymond G. Beausoleil
  • Patent number: 10461853
    Abstract: In example implementations, an optical gate is provided. The optical gate receives at least one optical signal via a waveguide of an optical memory gate. The optical gate compares a wavelength of the at least one optical signal to a resonant wavelength associated with a resonator. When the wavelength of the at least one optical signal matches the resonant wavelength, a value that is stored in the resonator is read out via the at least one optical signal. Then, the at least one optical signal with the value that is read out is transmitted out of the optical gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Nikolas A. Tezak, David Kielpinski, Jason Pelc, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Ranojoy Bose, Raymond G. Beausoleil
  • Patent number: 10386698
    Abstract: In the examples provided herein, an optical logic gate includes multiple couplers, where no more than two types of couplers are used in the optical logic gate, and further wherein the two types of couplers consist of: a 3-dB coupler and a weak coupler with a given transmission-to-reflection ratio. The optical logic gate also includes a first resonator, wherein the first resonator comprises a photonic crystal resonator or a nonlinear ring resonator, wherein in operation, the first resonator has a dedicated continuous wave input to bias a complex amplitude of a total field input to the first resonator such that the total field input is either above or below a nonlinear switching threshold of the first resonator, where the optical logic gate is an integrated photonic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Charles M. Santori, Jason Pelc, Ranojoy Bose, Cheng Li, Raymond G Beausoleil
  • Patent number: 10367590
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to concurrently performing operations on optical signals. In an example, a method includes providing, to an optical circuit, a first plurality of signals having a first optical property and encoding a first vector. A second plurality of signals is provided to the circuit that encodes a second vector and has a second optical property that is different from the first optical property. A first attribute-dependent operation is performed on the first plurality of signals via the circuit to perform a first matrix multiplication operation on the first vector, and concurrently, a second attribute-dependent operation is performed on the second plurality of signals to perform a second matrix multiplication operation on the second vector. The first matrix multiplication operation and the second matrix multiplication operation are different based on the first optical property being different from the second optical property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: David Kielpinski, Jason Pelc, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Nikolas Tezak, Gabriel Joe Mendoza, Raymond G. Beausoleil
  • Publication number: 20190204507
    Abstract: One example includes an apparatus that includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports and a body portion. The plurality of I/O ports can be arranged at a plurality of peripheral surfaces of the body portion. The body portion includes a solid dielectric material having a substantially constant index of refraction. The body portion also includes parallel planar surfaces spaced apart by and bounded by the plurality of peripheral surfaces. The solid dielectric material in the body portion can be writable via a laser-writing process to form an optical waveguide extending between a set of the plurality of I/O ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Raymond G. Beausoleil, Marco Fiorentino, Jason Pelc, Charles M. Santori, Terrel L. Morris
  • Publication number: 20190170943
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to an optical switching device wherein a racetrack resonant structure is positioned to determine a frequency passband by coupling. In some examples, a first waveguide receives an input light signal. A second waveguide is positioned to enable the input light signal to couple between the first waveguide and the second waveguide through a first coupling gap. The racetrack resonant structure is positioned adjacent to the first coupling gap to enable the input light signal to couple between one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide and the racetrack resonant structure through a second coupling gap. Thus, the racetrack resonant structure is to determine the frequency passband such that a first portion of the input light signal that coincides with the frequency passband is output by the first waveguide, and a second portion of the input light signal that does not coincide with the frequency passband is output by the second waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: David Kielpinski, Shuren Hu, Mir Ashkan Seyedi, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Gabriel Joel Mendoza, Jason Pelc
  • Patent number: 10288811
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to an optical switching device wherein a racetrack resonant structure is positioned to determine a frequency passband by coupling. In some examples, a first waveguide receives an input light signal. A second waveguide is positioned to enable the input light signal to couple between the first waveguide and the second waveguide through a first coupling gap. The racetrack resonant structure is positioned adjacent to the first coupling gap to enable the input light signal to couple between one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide and the racetrack resonant structure through a second coupling gap. Thus, the racetrack resonant structure is to determine the frequency passband such that a first portion of the input light signal that coincides with the frequency passband is output by the first waveguide, and a second portion of the input light signal that does not coincide with the frequency passband is output by the second waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: David Kielpinski, Shuren Hu, Mir Ashkan Seyedi, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Gabriel Joel Mendoza, Jason Pelc
  • Patent number: 10261256
    Abstract: One example includes an apparatus that includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports and a body portion. The plurality of I/O ports can be arranged at a plurality of peripheral surfaces of the body portion. The body portion includes a solid dielectric material having a substantially constant index of refraction. The body portion also includes parallel planar surfaces spaced apart by and bounded by the plurality of peripheral surfaces. The solid dielectric material in the body portion can be writable via a laser-writing process to form an optical waveguide extending between a set of the plurality of I/O ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Raymond G Beausoleil, Marco Fiorentino, Jason Pelc, Charles M Santori, Terrel L Morris
  • Patent number: 10256902
    Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus includes a bus waveguide, a plurality of optical gates coupled to the bus waveguide and an injection coupler. The bus waveguide receives a plurality of constraint signals. Each optical gate outputs an internal state via a local phase shift when at least one of the plurality of constraint signals has a wavelength that matches a respective resonant wavelength. The injection coupler combines the at least one of the plurality of constraint signals with additional constraint signals that are injected. An error is detected in a bit of a message when an overall phase shift has occurred to the at least one of the plurality of constraint signals causing a power level to exceed a power level threshold of an optical gate when the at least one of the plurality of constraint signals constructively interferes with the additional constraint signals that are injected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Nikolas Anton Tezak, David Kielpinski, Jason Pelc, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Ranojoy Bose, Raymond G. Beausoleil
  • Publication number: 20190020419
    Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes e first beam splitter having a final output and a second output. A first optical waveguide is coupled to the first output, and a second optical waveguide is coupled to the second output. A first tunable phase delay is further coupled to the second optical waveguide and has a third output. A first set of phase modulators is coupled to the first optical waveguide, and a second set of phase modulators is coupled to the third output of the first tunable phase delay. At least one of the first set of phase modulators and the second set of phase modulators includes a phase modulator that is driven to three or more distinct phase states. A second beam splitter has a first input coupled to the first optical waveguide and a second input coupled to the second optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jason PELC, Ashkan SEYEDI, Marco FIORENTINO