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Optical waveguide circuit, its manufacturing method and optical waveguide module having the optical waveguide circuit

US6304687A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 1998
Grant dateOct 16, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/12028
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a light waveguide circuit including a plurality of waveguides having different length, a material (10) having a temperature coefficient of a refractive index including a symbol different from that of a temperature coefficient of an effective refractive index of the waveguide (4) is charged into a groove (12) formed by removing the upper clad and the core from the waveguide (4), or a groove (12) formed by removing the upper clad, the core and the lower clad from the waveguide (4). A difference in length of the removed portions between adjacent waveguides is proportional to a difference in length of the waveguides which were not removed and remained.

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