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Mode insensitive waveguide device

US5212759A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1991
Grant dateMay 18, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/122
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A waveguide structure includes a substrate, a waveguide film, and an overlay material in contact with the waveguide film. The overlay material may also contact the substrate or the film may be disposed between the overlay and the substrate. The overlay material has a higher refractive index than the waveguide so that the ratio of the effective refractive indexes is substantially constant for all propagating modes supported by the waveguide.

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