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US 11,536,915 B2Granted
Methods and systems for hermetically sealed fiber to chip connections
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsRoy Meade, Gurtej Sandhu
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of providing a hermetically sealed optical connection between an optical fiber and an optical element of a chip and a photonic-integrated chip manufactured using such methods.
Claims11
An optical device, comprising:
- a photonic-integrated chip on which an optical waveguide is formed;
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- an optical fiber assembly comprising an optical fiber having a self-aligned mechanical interface coupled to the optical waveguide at a side surface of the photonic-integrated chip,
- wherein the self-aligned mechanical interface provides a hermetically sealed optical connection to the optical waveguide.
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