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Optical waveguide, optical waveguide module, and electronic apparatus

US8457455B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2008
Grant dateJun 4, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/43
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light guide includes a core and a clad made of a material having an index of refraction different from an index of refraction of the core and covering the core, in which at least one of a light incident surface or a light exit surface of the core is arranged while shifted in parallel without changing respective inclined angles so that the inclined surface is divided into a plurality of inclined surfaces parallel in a longitudinal direction (X direction) of the rectangular shape in the orthogonal projection and the plurality of inclined surfaces closer to the light emitting portion are positioned in a direction (Z direction) of moving away from the end face to be in a shape extending in the direction (Z direction) of moving away from the end face in a stepwise manner as a whole.

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