An electro-optic receiver includes a polarization splitter and rotator (PSR) that directs incoming light having a first polarization through a first end of an optical waveguide, and that rotates incoming light from a second polarization to the first polarization to create polarization-rotated light that is directed to a second end of the optical waveguide. The incoming light of the first polarization and the polarization-rotated light travel through the optical waveguide in opposite directions. A plurality of ring resonators is optically coupled the optical waveguide. Each ring resonator is configured to operate at a respective resonant wavelength, such that the incoming light of the first polarization having the respective resonant wavelength optically couples into said ring resonator in a first propagation direction, and such that the polarization-rotated light having the respective resonant wavelength optically couples into said ring resonator in a second propagation direction opposite the first propagation direction.

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.

Disclosed is a thermal stabilization circuit including a heater, which is adjacent and thermally coupled to a closed-curve waveguide of an optical ring resonator, and an analog feedback circuit, which includes a fully autonomous analog feedback loop from a drop port of a bus waveguide of the optical ring resonator to the heater. This analog feedback circuit is configured to dynamically control the electrical power provided to the heater and, thereby to dynamically control the thermal output of the heater in order to tune the ring resonance wavelength to the operating laser wavelength. The analog feedback circuit is further configured to be independent of input power, to be power efficient, to have a relatively small footprint, to have a tunable time constant and to facilitate adjustable wavelength locking. Also disclosed is a device (e.g., a ring-based transceiver or the like), which includes multiple optical ring resonators and corresponding thermal stabilization circuits.

An optical input polarization management device includes a polarization splitter and rotator (PSR) that directs a portion of incoming light having a first polarization through a first optical waveguide (OW). The PSR rotates a portion of the incoming light having a second polarization to the first polarization so as to provide polarization-rotated light. The PSR directs the polarization-rotated light through a second OW. Light within the first and second OW's is input to a first two-by-two optical splitter (2×2OS). A first phase shifter (PS) is interfaced with either the first or second OW. Light is output from the first 2×2OS into a third OW and a fourth OW. Light within the third and fourth OW's is input to a second 2×2OS. A second PS is interfaced with either the third or fourth OW. Light is output from the second 2×2OS into a fifth OW for further processing.

An integrated biplane optical sensing core chip has a non-linear optical substrate, a first waveguide structure, a second waveguide structure and a waveguide coupled fiber. The non-linear optical substrate, the first waveguide structure and the second waveguide structure are made of the same nonlinear optical material. The first waveguide structure is connected to the second waveguide structure via a waveguide coupled fiber is outside and independent to the non-linear optical substrate. Therefore, the first waveguide structure and the second waveguide structure can overlap in the vertical direction, and can be set close to each other in the horizontal and vertical directions, so the integrated biplane optical sensing core chip can be miniaturized and can meet reciprocity. The integrated biplane optical sensing core chip is suitable for an optical fiber sensor, and the optical fiber sensor can be a fiber-optic gyroscope or a fiber-optic current sensor.

An optical waveguide includes a core, a first cladding, a second cladding, and a heater. The first cladding configured to cover the core. The second cladding disposed over the first cladding. The heater disposed over the second cladding to heat the core. The first cladding and the second cladding are silicon oxide films. A first fixed charge density of the first cladding is lower than a second fixed charge density of the second cladding.

Structures including stacked photonics chips and methods of fabricating a structure including stacked photonics chips. The structure comprises a first chip including a first waveguide core, a ring resonator adjacent to a portion of the first waveguide core, and a first dielectric layer over the first waveguide core and the ring resonator. The first dielectric layer has a first surface. The structure further comprises a second chip including a second waveguide core and a second dielectric layer over the second waveguide core. The second dielectric layer has a second surface adjacent to the first surface of the first dielectric layer, and the second waveguide core is positioned adjacent to the ring resonator.

A ring resonator device includes a passive optical cavity having a circuitous configuration into which is built a photodetector device. The photodetector device includes a first implant region formed within the passive optical cavity that includes a first type of implanted doping material. The photodetector device includes a second implant region formed within the passive optical cavity that includes a second type of implanted doping material, where the second type of implanted doping material is different than the first type of implanted doping material. The photodetector device includes an intrinsic absorption region present within the passive optical cavity between the first implant region and the second implant region. A first electrical contact is electrically connected to the first implant region and to a detecting circuit. A second electrical contact is electrically connected to the second implant region and to the detecting circuit.

An integrated biplane optical sensing core chip has a non-linear optical substrate, a first waveguide structure, a second waveguide structure and a waveguide coupled fiber. The non-linear optical substrate, the first waveguide structure and the second waveguide structure are made of the same nonlinear optical material. The first waveguide structure is connected to the second waveguide structure via a waveguide coupled fiber is outside and independent to the non-linear optical substrate. Therefore, the first waveguide structure and the second waveguide structure can overlap in the vertical direction, and can be set close to each other in the horizontal and vertical directions, so the integrated biplane optical sensing core chip can be miniaturized and can meet reciprocity. The integrated biplane optical sensing core chip is suitable for an optical fiber sensor, and the optical fiber sensor can be a fiber-optic gyroscope or a fiber-optic current sensor.

An optical input polarization management device includes a polarization splitter and rotator (PSR) that directs a portion of incoming light having a first polarization through a first optical waveguide (OW). The PSR rotates a portion of the incoming light having a second polarization to the first polarization so as to provide polarization-rotated light. The PSR directs the polarization-rotated light through a second OW. Light within the first and second OW's is input to a first two-by-two optical splitter (2x2OS). A first phase shifter (PS) is interfaced with either the first or second OW. Light is output from the first 2x2OS into a third OW and a fourth OW. Light within the third and fourth OW's is input to a second 2x2OS. A second PS is interfaced with either the third or fourth OW. Light is output from the second 2x2OS into a fifth OW for further processing.