Structures including an edge coupler and methods of fabricating a structure including an edge coupler. The structure includes an edge coupler having a longitudinal axis, a first ring resonator, and a second ring resonator. The first ring resonator has a first center point that is spaced from the longitudinal axis of the edge coupler by a first perpendicular distance. The second ring resonator has a second center point that is spaced from the longitudinal axis of the edge coupler by a second perpendicular distance.

A photonic system includes a passive optical cavity and an optical waveguide. The passive optical cavity has a preferred radial mode for light propagation within the passive optical cavity. The preferred radial mode has a unique light propagation constant within the passive optical cavity. The optical waveguide is configured to extend past the passive optical cavity such that at least some light propagating through the optical waveguide will evanescently couple into the passive optical cavity. The passive optical cavity and the optical waveguide are collectively configured such that a light propagation constant of the optical waveguide substantially matches the unique light propagation constant of the preferred radial mode within the passive optical cavity.

Integrated optical filter and photodetectors and methods of fabrication thereof are described herein according to the present disclosure. An example of an integrated optical filter and photodetector described herein includes a substrate, an insulator layer on the substrate, and a semiconductor layer on the insulator layer. An optical filter having a resonant cavity is formed in or on the semiconductor layer. The integrated optical filter and photodetector further includes two first metal fingers and a second metal finger interdigitated between the two first metal fingers on the semiconductor layer forming Schottky barriers. The first metal fingers are constructed from a different metal relative to the second metal finger.

A compact micro electrical mechanical actuated ring-resonator includes a bus waveguide disposed on a platform; a ring resonator disposed on the platform, including at least a first optical coupler, wherein the ring resonator is optically coupled with the bus waveguide; and a selective waveguide disposed on a piezoelectric cantilever mounted in a trench defined in the platform, wherein the selective waveguide includes a second optical coupler and is controllable to selectively adjust a coupling ratio between the first optical coupler with the second optical coupler by physically changing a distance between the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler.

An isolator includes a first waveguide with a linear shape and a second waveguide with an annular shape on a substrate including a substrate surface, the first waveguide being positioned along the substrate surface. The first waveguide and the second waveguide each include a core and a cladding. The first waveguide includes a first end, a second end, and a port at each of the first end and the second end for input and output of electromagnetic waves. The core of the second waveguide includes a non-reciprocal member in at least a portion of a cross-section intersecting a direction in which the second waveguide extends.

Disclosed are systems and methods that utilize multicore optical fibers for gyro coil winding. Particularly, the use of multicore fiber enables inherent thermal stability without the need for complex, tedious, and costly winding patterns. Enabling the use of level winding techniques eliminates the need for complex quadrupole winding patterns. This simplicity lends itself to advancements towards full automation of winding coils for multicore fibers, without sacrificing performance. This, in turn increases the production rate and overcomes current barriers to fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) market expansion. In accordance with the embodiments, multicore fiber can be utilized in various gyro coil winding techniques, including: level winding; Interrupted Level Wind (ILW); and Dual Axis Symmetric (DAS) winding. Furthermore, each of the multicore fiber gyro coil winding patterns can incorporate a multicore shuffle bridge. The multicore shuffle bridge is designed to provide multiple features, such as facilitating the rotation of mating cores.

An apparatus such as an optical modulator includes a buried oxide layer is disposed on a substrate. A microring resonator and an optical waveguide are disposed on the buried oxide layer and within a bonded semiconductor layer. The optical waveguide is optically coupled to the microring resonator and inputs a first optical wave into the microring resonator. An oxide layer is deposited on top of the optical waveguide and the microring resonator. A set of electrodes is disposed adjacent to the microring resonator, and in response to an electrical signal, the set of electrodes modulates the first optical wave into a modulated optical wave of transverse magnetic polarization within the microring resonator and outputs the modulated optical wave to the optical waveguide.

An optical functional device includes: first and second optical couplers each including a multi-mode interferometer waveguide portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, two units of first input/output ports and two units of second input/output ports; and first and second arc-shaped waveguides each optically connecting one of the first and second input/output ports of the first and second optical coupler and one of the first and second input/output ports of the second optical coupler, respectively. Further, the first optical coupler, the second optical coupler, the first arc-shaped waveguide, and the second arc-shaped waveguide constitute a ring resonator, and each of the multi-mode waveguide portions of the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler have a narrow portion, an average width of the narrow portion in a longitudinal direction being narrower than widths at the first end portion and the second end portion.

An optical module includes: a substrate and a waveguide element having a mount face opposed to the substrate, the waveguide element having an interference waveguide portion having an optical interference function. Further, the mount face includes a projection region to which the interference waveguide portion is projected on the mount face and a non-projection region, and the waveguide element is joined to the substrate with a joint material in the non-projection region.

Examples include systems and methods for communicating temperature variation information of a transmitter resonator to a receiver resonator in an optical communication system. Some examples provide a transceiver module that includes a transmitter resonator to transmit optical signals emitted from a light source, a photodetector coupled to the transmitter resonator to detect the optical signals transmitted by the transmitter resonator and generate a photocurrent, and a controller to receive the photocurrent from the photodetector, determine temperature variation information of the transmitter resonator from the photocurrent, and encode the temperature variation information in an outgoing data stream transmitted via the transmitter resonator.