Wideband Surface Coupling
AssigneeTeramount Ltd.
InventorsAbraham Israel, Hesham Taha
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Abstract
Optical connectors are described. The optical connectors may be configured to couple light beams and signals between optical components, for example, waveguides, optical fibers, transceivers, etc. The optical connectors may be configured to couple light beams with a transceiver of a photonic substrate. The connector may comprise a curved mirror. The curved mirror may be configured to interface light beams between an optical focusing element of the photonic substrate and a transceiver of the photonic substrate. A mode of the light beams may be converted.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an optical connector configured to couple light beams between a waveguide and a photonic substrate, the optical connector comprising:
- a first mirror configured to interface the light beams with the waveguide;
- and
- a second mirror configured to couple the light beams between an optical focusing element of the photonic substrate and an optical transceiver of the photonic substrate.
An apparatus comprising:
- an optical connector configured to facilitate coupling of light beams between a waveguide and an optical transceiver of a photonic substrate, the connector comprising:
- an optical focusing element configured to:
- interface the light beams with a curved mirror of the photonic substrate;
- and
- transform the light beams,
- wherein the optical focusing element is vertically distanced and horizontally distanced from the curved mirror of the photonic substrate.
A method comprising:
- configuring an optical connector in association with a photonic substrate, to facilitate coupling of light beams between a waveguide and an optical transceiver of the photonic substrate by:
- disposing a first mirror on the optical connector;
- configuring the first mirror to interface the light beams with the waveguide;
- disposing a second mirror on the optical connector;
- and
- configuring the second mirror to couple the light beams between an optical focusing element of the photonic substrate and the optical transceiver of the photonic substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.