Patent ID: 6594409
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical component:a silicon on insulator substrate having an plurality of waveguide structures formed on a surface, at least a portion of the array comprising substantially parallel waveguide structures, the substrate further comprising an array waveguide coupled to the plurality of waveguide structures; N germanium optical detectors, each germanium optical detector fusion bonded to a surface of a corresponding one of the waveguide structures, the N germanium optical detectors comprising a second semiconductor material different from a surface of the silicon on insulator substrate, the array wave guide separating an input light beam into N channels and providing the N channels through the plurality of waveguides to corresponding ones of the N germanium optical detectors so that light from a corresponding channel of the array waveguide is coupled into a corresponding optical detector and converted into an electrical signal.