Integrating optical components on a planar light circuit
US7027677B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2006/12152
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Optical components may be integrated into planar light circuits. For example, thin film filters may be integrated through trenches in planar light circuits to achieve demultiplexing of at least two multiplexed optical wavelengths. An optical waveguide may be interfaced with a laser or a light detector through a mode converter formed as a trench in the planar light circuit. The mode converter may have a curved surface to achieve mode conversion.
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