Disclosed are devices and techniques for facilitating transmission of light signals between optical waveguides formed on integrated circuit (IC) devices. In an implementation, one or more first waveguides may be formed in a structure such that at least a portion of the one or more first waveguides are exposed for optical connectivity. The structure may comprise first features to enable the structure to be interlocked with an IC device comprising second features complementary with the first features, so as to align at least a portion of the one or more first waveguides exposed to optically couple with one or more second waveguides formed in the first integrated circuit device.

A waveguide for guiding an electro-magnetic wave comprises: a first waveguide part; and a second waveguide part; wherein the first waveguide part has a first width in a first direction (Y) perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the electro-magnetic wave and the second waveguide part has a second width in the first direction (Y), wherein the second width is larger than the first width; and wherein the first and the second waveguide parts are spaced apart by a gap in a second direction (Z) perpendicular to the first and second planes in which the waveguide parts are formed, wherein the gap has a size which is sufficiently small such that the first and second waveguide parts unitely form a single waveguide for guiding the electro-magnetic wave. The waveguide may be used in numerous applications, such as in a photonic integrated circuit, in a sensor or in an actuator.

An FM LIDAR system is described that includes a frequency modulated LIDAR system that incorporates a laser source that is optically coupled to a whispering gallery mode optical resonator. Light from the laser that is coupled into the whispering gallery mode optical resonator is coupled back out as a returning counterpropagating wave having a frequency characteristic of a whispering gallery mode of the optical resonator. This returning wave is used to reduce the linewidth of the source laser by optical injection. Modulation of the optical properties of the whispering gallery mode optical resonator results in modulation of the frequency of the frequencies supported by whispering gallery modes of the resonator, and provides a method for producing highly linear and reproducible optical chirps that are highly suited for use in a LIDAR system. Methods of using such an FM LIDAR system and vehicle assisting systems that incorporate such FM LIDAR systems are also described.

A miniaturized integrated frequency locked optical whispering evanescent resonator comprises: an optical source; an optical path having a first end and a second end, the optical path coupled to the optical source at the first end; an optical resonator disposed along a side of the optical path between the first and second ends, the optical resonator coupled to the optical path through an evanescent field to excite an optical whispering-gallery mode; an optical receiver coupled to the second end of the optical path; and a digital data processor configured to communicate with the optical receiver and the optical source, wherein the digital data processor comprises a frequency locking system and a data acquisition system, wherein the frequency locking system tunes the frequency of the optical source to the optical whispering-gallery mode of the optical resonator, and wherein the resonator weighs less than 15 kg and is containable within a volume less than 30 liters.

An optical system can automatically lock an adjustable spectral filter to a first wavelength of an incoming light signal, and can automatically filter an additional incoming light signal at the first wavelength. A tunable filter can have a filtering spectrum with an adjustable peak wavelength and increasing attenuation at wavelengths away from the adjustable peak wavelength. The tunable filter can receive first input light, having a first wavelength, and can spectrally filter the first input light to form first output light. A detector can detect at least a fraction of the first output light. Circuitry coupled to the detector and the tunable filter can tune the tunable filter to maximize a signal from the detector and thereby adjust the peak wavelength to match the first wavelength. The tunable filter further can receive second input light and spectrally filter the second input light at the first wavelength.

A quantum information processing device including a semiconductor substrate. An optical resonator is coupled to the substrate. The optical resonator supports a first photonic mode with a first resonator frequency. The quantum information processing device includes a non-gaseous chalcogen donor atom disposed within the semiconductor substrate and optically coupled to the optical resonator. The donor atom has a transition frequency in resonance with the resonator frequency. Also disclosed herein are systems, devices, articles and methods with practical application in quantum information processing including or associated with one or more deep impurities in a silicon substrate optically coupled to an optical structure.

The systems described herein can be used to modulate either the phase, the amplitude, or both of an input light wave using micro-resonators to achieve desired degrees and/or types of modulation.

A device system for constituting a 3D image sensor based on optical phased array is provided. The device system includes an optical modulator that is integrated on the same photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip as a laser diode array with different output wavelengths and a multiplexer for transmitting an optical wave having a wavelength selected from the laser diode array to an optical waveguide and modulates the optical wave into a specific optical signal, an optical phased array that radiates the optical signal received via an optical switch to the free space using a tunable transmit and receive (TRx) antenna array, and a photodetector that converts an Rx optical signal received by a Tx optical signal transmitted via the optical phased array into an electrical signal.

Techniques for the integration of SiGe/Si optical resonators with qubit and CMOS devices using structured substrates are provided. In one aspect, a waveguide structure includes: a wafer; and a waveguide disposed on the wafer, the waveguide having a SiGe core surrounded by Si, wherein the wafer has a lower refractive index than the Si (e.g., sapphire, diamond, SiC, and/or GaN). A computing device and a method for quantum computing are also provided.

Examples described herein relate to an optical device, such as, a ring resonator, that includes a ring waveguide. The ring resonator includes a ring waveguide to allow passage of light therethrough. Further, the ring resonator includes a modulator formed along a first section of the circumference of the ring waveguide to modulate the light inside the ring waveguide based on an application of a first reverse bias voltage to the modulator. Moreover, the ring resonator includes an avalanche photodiode (APD) isolated from the modulator and formed along a second section of the circumference of the ring waveguide to detect the intensity of the light inside the ring waveguide based on an application of a second reverse bias voltage to the APD. The second section is shorter than the first section, and the second reverse bias voltage is higher than the first reverse bias voltage.