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Glass optical waveguide

US7369733B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 2007
Grant dateMay 6, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/17
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a glass optical waveguide having a core containing at least one oxide selected from the group of glass-constituting oxides consisting of Bi2O3, Sb2O3, PbO, SnO2 and TeO2, large transmission loss of light which occurs when the cross-sectional shape of the core is rectangle, is reduced, and wherein the glass optical waveguide contains at least total 35% in mass % of at least one type of the above glass-constituting oxides, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the core is trapezoidal, among two parallel sides of the trapezoid, a long side is in a substrate side and among four sides constituting the trapezoid, angles of two oblique sides to the long side are each within a range of from 60 to 80°.

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