Systems and methods for performing signed matrix operations using a linear photonic processor are provided. The linear photonic processor is formed as an array of first amplitude modulators and second amplitude modulators, the first amplitude modulators configured to encode elements of a vector into first optical signals and the second amplitude modulators configured to encode a product between the vector elements and matrix elements into second optical signals. An apparatus may be used to implement a signed value of an output of the linear processor. The linear photonic processor may be configured to perform matrix-vector and/or matrix-matrix operations.

A device for optically coupling two photonic elements may comprise an interposer where each photonic element is axially aligned with an optical pathway in the interposer. Also included is an optics assembly configured to direct a photonic signal along the optical pathway; and a mechanical guide assembly configured to reduce the relative tilt and rotation of photonic elements. Another such device may comprise two connectors where each connector comprises an optical pathway element in which an optics assembly is situated and a photonic element aligned with the optical pathway element. A mechanical guide assembly secures the optical pathway elements in a position so as to reduce the relative tilt and rotation of the photonic elements. A connection for optically coupling two computing units can comprise a partition situated between the computing units and on which an interposer is mounted.

RFID (radio frequency identification) systems are provided in which tag and interrogator devices implement a hybrid framework for signaling including an optical transmitter/receiver system and an RF transmitter/receiver system. For instance, an RFID tag device includes: optical receiver circuitry configured to receive an optical signal having an embedded clock signal from an interrogator device, and convert the optical signal into an electrical signal comprising the embedded clock signal; clock extraction circuitry configured to extract the embedded clock signal from the electrical signal, and output the extracted clock signal as a clock signal for controlling clocking functions of the tag device; voltage regulator circuitry configured to generate a regulated supply voltage from the electrical signal, wherein the regulated supply voltage is utilized as a bias voltage for components of the tag device; and data transmitter circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit tag data to the interrogator device.

Apparatuses including integrated circuit (IC) optical assemblies and processes for operation of IC optical assemblies are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the IC optical assemblies include a transmitter component to provide light output having a particular beam direction, and a transmitter driver component. The transmitter component includes a light source optically coupled to a plurality of waveguides, a plurality of gratings, and a plurality of phase tuners. The transmitter driver component causes a light provided by the light source to be centered at a particular wavelength and a particular phase to be induced by each phase tuner of the plurality of phase tuners on a respective waveguide of the plurality of waveguides, in accordance with a feedback signal, to generate the light output having the particular beam direction.

Systems and methods for performing signed matrix operations using a linear photonic processor are provided. The linear photonic processor is formed as an array of first amplitude modulators and second amplitude modulators, the first amplitude modulators configured to encode elements of a vector into first optical signals and the second amplitude modulators configured to encode a product between the vector elements and matrix elements into second optical signals. An apparatus may be used to implement a signed value of an output of the linear processor. The linear photonic processor may be configured to perform matrix-vector and/or matrix-matrix operations.

The present application relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a data signal between a stator ring and a rotor ring including generating, by a transmitter, a transmission signal in response to receiving the data signal, transmitting, by a plurality of optical transmitters coupled to an inner surface of the stator ring, the transmission signal to a plurality of detectors coupled to an outer surface of the rotor and wherein the optical transmitters are configured to transmit the transmission signal towards a focus of the stator ring, summing a plurality of representations of the transmission signal received by each of the plurality of detectors to generate a summed transmission signal, and extracting, by a receiver, the data signal from the summed transmission signal.

An optical transmission/reception unit includes a carrier rotatable around an axis of rotation, an optical receiver arranged at the carrier on the axis of rotation so as to receive an optical reception signal from a first direction, an optical transmitter arranged at the carrier adjacent to the optical receiver so as to emit an optical transmission signal in a second direction, and a transmission/reception optic arranged at the carrier on the axis of rotation above the optical receiver, wherein the transmission/reception optic includes a reception optic and a transmission optic arranged in the reception optic, wherein the reception optic is configured to guide the optical reception signal striking the transmission/reception optic towards the optical receiver on the axis of rotation, and wherein the transmission optic is configured to displace onto the axis of rotation the optical transmission signal emitted by the optical transmitter.

An optical communications transmitter for use in free space communication from the transmitter to a receiver, the transmitter including a light input and an optical fiber array for directing the light input. The optical communications transmitter further includes an optical phased array for receiving the light input from the optical fiber array and transmitting a light output, the optical phased array being configured for modifying a relative phase of the light input such that the light output exhibits a predetermined far-field intensity pattern.

An optical transmission/reception unit includes a carrier rotatable around an axis of rotation, an optical receiver arranged at the carrier on the axis of rotation so as to receive an optical reception signal from a first direction, an optical transmitter arranged at the carrier adjacent to the optical receiver so as to emit an optical transmission signal in a second direction, and a transmission/reception optic arranged at the carrier on the axis of rotation above the optical receiver and extending across the optical receiver and the optical transmitter, wherein the transmission/reception optic includes a reception optic and a transmission optic arranged in the reception optic, wherein the reception optic is configured to guide the optical reception signal striking the transmission/reception optic towards the optical receiver on the axis of rotation.

Optically coupling two or more optical transceiver integrated circuits (OTRIC) using OTRIC-on-substrate assemblies is disclosed. The optical transceiver integrated circuits may be attached to different substrates, where the substrates may allow the passage of optical signals to and from the optical transceiver integrated circuits. The OTRIC-on-substrate assemblies may comprise one or more optoelectronic device arrays, lenses and mirrors, mounts, and optical transmission medium. The optical transmission medium may be free space or and optical fiber. An optical coupling mechanism may be used in conjunction with the OTRIC-on-substrate assemblies to link optical signals between the optical transceiver integrated circuits.