Abstract: A laser device includes a III-V heterostructure amplifying medium; a silicon optical waveguide having a coupling section facing a central portion of the amplifying medium, a propagation section and a first transition section between the coupling section and the propagation section; and a first and a second reflective structure allowing a Fabry-Perot type resonant cavity to be formed between them for the amplifying medium. The coupling section includes a refractive index disruption region provided with micro-reflectors designed to reduce the thickness and/or width of the coupling section. The first reflective structure is formed in a section of the waveguide with a first thickness. The second reflective structure is formed in a section of the waveguide, which has the first thickness and which is separated from the coupling section by a second transition section of the waveguide, the second transition section having a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

Abstract: A beam-steering device (100) for spatial steering of a light beam comprises a waveguide array (10) being arranged on a substrate (50) and comprising a waveguide array input (12), multiple waveguides (14-1, 14-2, . . . , 14-i) and a waveguide array output (16), wherein the multiple waveguides (14-1, 14-2, . . . , 14-i) are adapted for simultaneously guiding light from the waveguide array input (12) to the waveguide array output (16) and for forming a light beam downstream of the waveguide array output (16) by superimposing the light guided by the waveguides (14-1, 14-2, . . . , 14-i), a phase shifter device (18) being arranged for applying controlled phase shifts to the light guided in each of the waveguides (14-1, 14-2, . . .

Abstract: A photodetector apparatus (100), being configured for detecting light in the visible or infrared spectrum, comprises a substrate (30), a waveguide (20), a detector section (10), a first contact section (50) and a second contact section (52). The substrate (30) has a substrate surface (32) and a cladding layer (40). The waveguide (20) is arranged above the substrate surface (32) in the cladding layer (40) and is adapted for guiding light. The detector section (10) comprises a p-doped region (12, 14) and an ndoped region (16, 18), and the detector section (10?) is arranged for producing charge carriers by the (10) light guided in the waveguide (20). The first contact section (50) is connected to the p-doped region (12, 14) and the second contact section (52) is connected to the n-doped region (16, 18), the first and second contact sections (50, 52) being connectable to a measuring device for measuring an electrical signal based on the charge carriers produced by the light.

Abstract: A display engine for a laser-scanning head-mounted display uses one or more photonic integrated circuit chips to generate multiple intensity-modulated laser beams. These beams are scanned across the field of view with an off-chip scanning mirror, one or more actuators integrated with the chip, or a combination of an off-chip scanning mirror and integrated actuators. The actuators move output couplers (e.g., waveguide emitters with waveguide edge couplers at the ends) that emit light from the photonic chip, forming multiple independent optical beams. Movement of the actuator translates the beams such that each of the beams addresses a portion of the field of view of a displayed image. An optical combiner and relay optics expands these beams and directs them toward the eye of the person wearing the display.

Abstract: A laser device includes a III-V heterostructure amplifying medium; a silicon optical waveguide having a coupling section facing a central portion of the amplifying medium, a propagation section and a first transition section between the coupling section and the propagation section; and a first and a second reflective structure allowing a Fabry-Perot type resonant cavity to be formed between them for the amplifying medium. The coupling section includes a refractive index disruption region provided with micro-reflectors designed to reduce the thickness and/or the width of the coupling section. The first reflective structure is formed in a section of the waveguide with a first thickness. The second reflective structure is formed in a section of the waveguide, which has the first thickness and which is separated from the coupling section by a second transition section of the waveguide, the second transition section having a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness.