Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical device comprising an optical waveguide element having a first and a second grating arranged in a radial direction of a virtual circle
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Application No.: US16900866Application Date: 2020-06-12
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Publication No.: US11525898B2Publication Date: 2022-12-13
- Inventor: Seiji Nishiwaki
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-251788 20171227,JPJP2018-205800 20181031
- Main IPC: G01S7/48
- IPC: G01S7/48 ; G01S7/481 ; G02F1/295 ; G02B27/28 ; G01S7/4863 ; G01S7/4865 ; G01S17/08

Abstract:
An optical device includes: a light source that emits laser light; an optical waveguide element positioned on the optical path of the laser light; a first member positioned on the optical path, and has a bottom surface that faces the optical waveguide element, and a side surface that is rotationally symmetric about the optical path; and a control circuit. The optical waveguide element includes: a first grating that includes a plurality of portions arranged in the radial direction and having mutually different refractive indices, and that causes a portion of the laser light that is incident to be propagated in the radial direction within the optical waveguide element; and a second grating that includes a plurality of portions arranged outside the first grating, arranged in the radial direction, and having mutually different refractive indices, and that causes light to be emitted from the optical waveguide element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200309919A1 OPTICAL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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