Patents by Inventor Thaddeus Ladd

Thaddeus Ladd 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: 20230140305
    Abstract: An optical waveguide structure comprises a nonlinear optical waveguide, a set of tuning optical waveguides, a set of wavelength selective couplers that couples light between the nonlinear optical waveguide and one or more tuning optical waveguides in the set of tuning optical waveguide based on a wavelength of light, and a set of phase shifters located along one or more tuning optical waveguides in the set of tuning optical waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Yap, Thaddeus Ladd, Brett Yurash
  • Patent number: 11614672
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for non-linear optical process. A first light of a first wavelength is routed in a first loop in a main nonlinear optical waveguide. The first loop has a first length for the first light of the first wavelength. A second light of a second wavelength is routed in a second loop that includes portions of the main nonlinear optical waveguide and a first extension optical waveguide. The second loop has a second length for the second light of the second wavelength. A third light of a third wavelength is routed in a third loop that include portions of the main nonlinear optical waveguide and a second extension optical waveguide. The third loop has a third length for the third light of the third wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Yap, Shuoqin Wang, Ivan Alvarado, Biqin Huang, Thaddeus Ladd
  • Patent number: 11550201
    Abstract: An optical waveguide structure comprises a nonlinear optical waveguide comprising a nonlinear optical material having a second order nonlinear coefficient that changes with a direction of light propagation. A first portion of the nonlinear optical waveguide in which a light propagating through the first portion is affected by a positive value of a second order nonlinear coefficient. A second portion of the nonlinear optical waveguide in which the light propagating through the first portion is affected by a negative value of a second order nonlinear coefficient, wherein a set of dimensions in the nonlinear optical waveguide in the first portion and the second portion is selected to cause the light to have a phase walk-off that is an odd multiple of 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Yap, Shuoqin Wang, Ivan Alvarado, Brett Yurash, Thaddeus Ladd
  • Publication number: 20220107545
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for non-linear optical process. A first light of a first wavelength is routed in a first loop in a main nonlinear optical waveguide. The first loop has a first length for the first light of the first wavelength. A second light of a second wavelength is routed in a second loop that includes portions of the main nonlinear optical waveguide and a first extension optical waveguide. The second loop has a second length for the second light of the second wavelength. A third light of a third wavelength is routed in a third loop that include portions of the main nonlinear optical waveguide and a second extension optical waveguide. The third loop has a third length for the third light of the third wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Yap, Shuoqin Wang, Ivan Alvarado, Biqin Huang, Thaddeus Ladd
  • Publication number: 20220107547
    Abstract: An optical waveguide structure comprises a nonlinear optical waveguide comprising a nonlinear optical material having a second order nonlinear coefficient that changes with a direction of light propagation. A first portion of the nonlinear optical waveguide in which a light propagating through the first portion is affected by a positive value of a second order nonlinear coefficient. A second portion of the nonlinear optical waveguide in which the light propagating through the first portion is affected by a negative value of a second order nonlinear coefficient, wherein a set of dimensions in the nonlinear optical waveguide in the first portion and the second portion is selected to cause the light to have a phase walk-off that is an odd multiple of 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Yap, Shuoqin Wang, Ivan Alvarado, Brett Yurash, Thaddeus Ladd