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Planar lightwave circuit

US6304706A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1999
Grant dateOct 16, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/12011
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This planar lightwave circuit includes a buried layer formed in a region between at least two cores branching from a branching point to decrease in thickness as the spacing between the cores increases with an increase in distance from the branching point. The planar lightwave circuit is designed to suppress scattering of light signals at the branching point.

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