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Method for incidence of light into a photonic crystal optical waveguide and structure thereof

US7778509B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2005
Grant dateAug 17, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/1225
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed in a method and a device in which a wave number of light in the waveguide mode of a photonic crystal optical waveguide is matched with that of the incident light, or a intensity ratio of electric field to magnetic field of the light in the waveguide mode of the photonic crystal optical waveguide is matched with that of the incident light, and furthermore, in addition to the method above, the distribution of light intensity on the incident end surface in the waveguide mode of the photonic crystal optical waveguide is matched with that of the incident light. A photonic crystal optical waveguide and channel optical waveguide are joined together, and the structure of the channel optical waveguide is wedge shaped in the joint section.

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