Patents by Inventor Peter Weindel Evans

Peter Weindel Evans 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).

  • Light absorption and scattering devices in a photonic integrated circuit that minimize optical feedback and noise
    Patent number: 11226448
    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit is provided that may include a substrate; one or more optical sources, on the substrate, to output light associated with a corresponding one or more optical signals; one or more waveguides connected to the one or more optical sources; a multiplexer connected to the one or more waveguides; and one or more light absorptive structures, located on the substrate adjacent to one of the one or more optical sources, one of the one or more waveguides, and/or the multiplexer, to absorb a portion of the light associated with at least one of the corresponding one or more optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Weindel Evans, Pavel Viktorovich Studenkov, Mehrdad Ziari, Matthias Kuntz
  • LIGHT ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING DEVICES IN A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20170146735
    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit is provided that may include a substrate; one or more optical sources, on the substrate, to output light associated with a corresponding one or more optical signals; one or more waveguides connected to the one or more optical sources; a multiplexer connected to the one or more waveguides; and one or more light absorptive structures, located on the substrate adjacent to one of the one or more optical sources, one of the one or more waveguides, and/or the multiplexer, to absorb a portion of the light associated with at least one of the corresponding one or more optical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Weindel EVANS, Pavel Viktorovich STUDENKOV, Mehrdad ZIARI, Matthias KUNTZ
  • Light absorption and scattering devices in a photonic integrated circuit that minimize optical feedback and noise
    Patent number: 9383512
    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit is provided that may include a substrate; one or more optical sources, on the substrate, to output light associated with a corresponding one or more optical signals; one or more waveguides connected to the one or more optical sources; a multiplexer connected to the one or more waveguides; and one or more light absorptive structures, located on the substrate adjacent to one of the one or more optical sources, one of the one or more waveguides, and/or the multiplexer, to absorb a portion of the light associated with at least one of the corresponding one or more optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Weindel Evans, Pavel Viktorovich Studenkov, Mehrdad Ziari, Matthias Kuntz
  • LIGHT ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING DEVICES IN A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140185979
    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit is provided that may include a substrate; one or more optical sources, on the substrate, to output light associated with a corresponding one or more optical signals; one or more waveguides connected to the one or more optical sources; a multiplexer connected to the one or more waveguides; and one or more light absorptive structures, located on the substrate adjacent to one of the one or more optical sources, one of the one or more waveguides, and/or the multiplexer, to absorb a portion of the light associated with at least one of the corresponding one or more optical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Weindel Evans, Pavel Viktorovich Studenkov, Mehrdad Ziari, Matthias Kuntz