Patent ID: 11947042
Assignee: VOYANT PHOTONICS, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An optical emitter device comprising:
a main substrate;
an optical waveguide structure supported on the main substrate, comprising:
a plurality of optical waveguide cores, each one of the plurality of optical waveguide cores extending to a corresponding one of a plurality of point emitters arranged in an array comprising a plurality of rows of point emitters and a plurality of columns of point emitters, each of the plurality of point emitters comprising: one of a plurality of end-fire tapers, at least some of the end fire tapers each having a waveguide core narrowing in width or widening in width, configured to emit a respective beam of light in a respective transmission direction;
cladding surrounding the plurality of optical waveguide cores; and

a plurality of reflectors for redirecting the respective beams of light substantially perpendicular to the respective transmission direction.