Configuring window-mounted photonic integrated circuits
AssigneeAnalog Photonics LLC
InventorsJingda Wu, Michael Robert Watts
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises: a photonic integrated circuit comprising a surface that is substantially coplanar with a first plane, and an aperture in proximity to the surface, where the aperture has an associated area; a window comprising an inner surface and an outer surface; and a coating formed on a portion of or from a portion of the outer surface of the window, where an area of the coating is less than twice the area of the aperture; wherein the surface of the photonic integrated circuit is mounted in proximity to a portion of the inner surface of the window such that the first plane is parallel to a tangent plane of the portion of the inner surface of the window within an angle of tolerance of less than or equal to 20 degrees.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a photonic integrated circuit comprising
- a surface that is substantially coplanar with a first plane, and
- an aperture in proximity to the surface, where the aperture has an associated area;
- a window comprising an inner surface and an outer surface;
- and
- a coating formed on a portion of or from a portion of the outer surface of the window, where an area of the coating is less than twice the area of the aperture;
- wherein the surface of the photonic integrated circuit is mounted in proximity to a portion of the inner surface of the window such that the first plane is parallel to a tangent plane of the portion of the inner surface of the window within an angle of tolerance of less than or equal to 20 degrees.
A method comprising:
- providing a photonic integrated circuit comprising
- a surface that is substantially coplanar with a first plane, and
- an aperture in proximity to the surface, where the aperture has an associated area;
- and
- mounting the photonic integrated circuit to a portion of an inner surface of a window such that the surface of the photonic integrated circuit is in proximity to a portion of the inner surface of the window and the first plane is parallel to a tangent plane of the portion of the inner surface of the window within an angle of tolerance of less than or equal to 20 degrees;
- wherein a coating is formed on a portion of or from a portion of an outer surface of the window such that an area of the coating is less than twice the area of the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.