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Optical waveguide

US5838853A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1997
Grant dateNov 17, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/2808
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical waveguide having stable low branching ratio is disclosed, which includes a primary optical waveguide portion coupled at a input end thereof to an input-side optical fiber. branched optical waveguide portions each having one end continuously connected to a output end of the primary optical waveguide portion and the other ends coupled to a plurality of output-side optical fibers and an introductory waveguide portion coupled to the input end of the primary optical waveguide portion and having a width substantially identical with a core diameter of the input-side optical fiber. Further, there is provided a method of producing an optical branching device in which the optical waveguide is formed.

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