Optical integrated circuit
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorVishnu K. Agarwal
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Abstract
The present technique relates to a device including an optical integrated circuit amplifier and another type of optical integrated circuit. The optical integrated circuit amplifiers and other optical integrated circuits are coupled together through optical paths. The optical integrated circuit amplifiers and other optical integrated circuits of the optical components are fabricated on the same substrate. The optical integrated circuit amplifiers and other optical integrated circuit amplifiers maybe fabricated on different levels of the same substrate.
Claims17
A device comprising:
- a first optical integrated circuit formed on a first level of a substrate;
- a second optical integrated circuit coupled to the first optical integrated circuit formed on a second level of the substrate, wherein at least one of the first optical integrated circuit and the second optical integrated circuit is an amplifier, and wherein the first level and the second level are in different planes that are vertically spaced with respect to the substrate;
- at least one optical path coupled between the first optical integrated circuit and the second optical integrated circuit;
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- a fiber connection structure coupled to the amplifier and at least one optical fiber.
A device comprising:
- an optical integrated circuit amplifier formed on a first level of a substrate;
- an optical integrated circuit coupled to the optical integrated circuit amplifier formed on a second level of the substrate, and wherein the first level and the second level are in different planes that are vertically spaced with respect to the substrate;
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- at least one optical path coupled between the optical integrated circuit amplifier and the optical integrated circuit, wherein the at least one optical path comprises a first optical path coupled between the optical integrated circuit pre-amplifier and the optical integrated circuit and a second optical path coupled between the optical integrated post-amplifier and the optical integrated circuit.
A device comprising:
- an optical integrated circuit;
- a first optical integrated circuit amplifier optically coupled to the optical integrated circuit;
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- a second optical integrated circuit amplifier optically coupled to the optical integrated circuit, wherein the optical integrated circuit comprises a core material having a first thickness, and wherein each of the optical integrated circuit amplifiers comprises a core material having a second thickness, different from the first thickness.
A device comprising:
- a substrate;
- an optical integrated circuit disposed on the substrate;
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- a plurality of optical integrated circuit amplifiers disposed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of optical integrated circuit amplifiers is optically coupled to the optical integrated circuit, and wherein at least one of the plurality of optical integrated circuit amplifiers comprises a second core material different from the first core material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.