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Optical wavelength converting device and manufacturing method thereof

US4997244A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1989
Grant dateMar 5, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/361
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical wavelength converting device includes a substrate, and a waveguide layer of a nonlinear organic material formed on one major surface of the substrate and having a thickness tapered along one axis parallel to the major surface, in which a waveguide with a desired thickness can be selected in a direction normal to the axis.

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