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Method of producing optical integrated circuit

US5358896A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 1992
Grant dateOct 25, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/4068
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is to provide a method of producing efficiently a custom IC optical integrated circuit with convenient connections between tile optical devices with less loss of the light and with different connection but similar configuration. The optical integrated circuit is comprised of a plurality of ridge-type active optical devices formed of a variable wavelength laser section and a light modulator and a ridge-type passive optical waveguide of a Y-branching optical waveguide for connecting between the ridge-type active optical devices with each other or for connecting the plural ridge-type active optical devices with output waveguides, and ridge sections of the ridge-type active optical device and the ridge-type passive optical waveguide are formed by the selective crystal growth.

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