Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical resonator with localized ion-implanted voids
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Application No.: US16589006Application Date: 2019-09-30
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Publication No.: US11081859B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Scott Singer , Lutfollah Maleki , Ivan Grudinin , Sergio Alvarez , Vladimir Ilchenko
- Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Medley, Behrens & Lewis, LLC
- Main IPC: H01S5/10
- IPC: H01S5/10 ; G01S17/34

Abstract:
A high Q whispering gallery mode resonator with ion-implanted voids is described. A resonator device includes a resonator disk formed of an electrooptic material. The resonator disk includes a top surface, a bottom surface substantially parallel to the top surface, and a side structure between the top surface and the bottom surface. The side structure includes an axial surface along a perimeter of the resonator disk, where a midplane passes through the axial surface dividing the axial surface into symmetrical halves. The whispering gallery mode resonator disk includes voids localized at a particular depth from the top surface. At least one of the voids localized at the particular depth from the top surface is located at an outer extremity towards the perimeter of the resonator disk. The resonator device can further include a first electrode on the top surface and a second electrode on the bottom surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210098968A1 OPTICAL RESONATOR WITH LOCALIZED ION-IMPLANTED VOIDS Public/Granted day:2021-04-01
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