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US 2026/0153777 A1Published application
Optical switch and light steering system including the optical switch
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinkyung LEE, Sunil Kim, Byunggil Jeong
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Abstract
Provided is an optical switch including a first multimode interferometer and a second multimode interferometer spaced apart from each other, a plurality of waveguides between the first multimode interferometer and the second multimode interferometer, and a directional coupler connected to at least one waveguide of the plurality of waveguides, the directional coupler including a diode.
Claims20
An optical switch comprising:
- a first multimode interferometer;
- a second multimode interferometer spaced apart from the first multimode interferometer;
- a plurality of waveguides connecting the first multimode interferometer and the second multimode interferometer;
- and
- a directional coupler connected to at least one waveguide of the plurality of waveguides, the directional coupler comprising a diode.
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A light steering system comprising:
- a light source;
- a light steering device comprising a plurality of optical switches configured to steer light incident from the light source;
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- a detector configured to detect the steered light,
- wherein each of the plurality of optical switches comprises:
- a first multimode interferometer;
- a second multimode interferometer spaced apart from the first multimode interferometer;
- a plurality of waveguides connecting the first multimode interferometer and the second multimode interferometer;
- and
- a directional coupler connected to at least one waveguide of the plurality of waveguides, the directional coupler comprising a diode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.