US 6,788,721 B2 · Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and method for making same

Abstract

A photonic integrated circuit including: at least one photonic component being suitable for operation with a plurality of photons and including an operational material having a bandgap energy close to the energy of the photons; and, at least one photonic component being suitable for operation with the plurality of photons, including an operational material having a bandgap energy substantially higher than the photons and being adjacent to the at least one photonic component including an operational material having a bandgap energy close to the energy of the photons. The at least one photonic component including an operational material having a bandgap energy substantially higher than the photons includes at least one amorphous silicon based alloy material.

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Dependent claims

A photonic integrated circuit comprising:

at least one photonic component being suitable for operation with a plurality of photons and comprising an operational material having a bandgap energy close to the energy of said photons;
and,
at least one photonic component being suitable for operation with said plurality of photons, comprising an operational material having a bandgap energy substantially higher than said photons and being adjacent to and suitable for providing optical interconnectivity for said at least one photonic component comprising an operational material having a bandgap energy close to the energy of said photons;
wherein, said at least one photonic component comprising an operational material having a bandgap energy substantially higher than said photons comprises at least one amorphous silicon based alloy material.

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Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and method for making same

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