Abstract

One illustrative optical device disclosed herein includes a base layer comprising a semiconductor material and a pho todetector-coupler that comprises a detector-coupler ele ment. The device also includes a first diode structure that is positioned in the detector-coupler element and a second diode structure that is positioned in the base layer, wherein the second diode structure is positioned vertically below at least a portion of detector-coupler element. a

Date

2022

Authors

Y Bian, AP Jacob

Inventors

Yusheng Bian, Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob

Patent_office

US

Patent_number

11227960

Application_number

16819686