OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240329309A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18616299

    申请日:2024-03-26

    Applicant: AGC Inc.

    Inventor: Seiki OHARA

    CPC classification number: G02B6/125 G02B6/241

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical waveguide including two or more cores and a cladding portion, in which each of the cores is a continuous portion without branching from a start end to a terminal end in a propagation direction of light, at least one of the cores includes a linear region and a curved region, and has an axis deviation at least at one of a joint between the linear region and the curved region and an inflection point of the curved region, and the axis deviation occurs in a direction perpendicular to the propagation direction of light in a plan view.

    RESIN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190107674A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-11

    申请号:US16203983

    申请日:2018-11-29

    Applicant: AGC INC.

    Abstract: Provided is a resin optical waveguide containing a core, under cladding and over cladding, in which the resin optical waveguide has portions having a core width varying along a light propagation direction, the maximum core width is 4 to 10 μm, and the minimum core width of 1 μm or more and less than 4 μm, when the length of a portion S at which the core width is 1 μm or more and less than 4μm is LS and the length of a portion at which the core width is 4 to 10 μm is LL, the proportion of LS to the total length is 0.1 to 40%, and the portion S contains neither a certain bubble defect nor a certain defect inside the core and in a vicinity of a core-cladding interface.

    GLASS CERAMIC AND CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS

    公开(公告)号:US20220411318A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17896048

    申请日:2022-08-25

    Applicant: AGC Inc.

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass ceramic including crystals, and including, in mol % in terms of oxides: 65-75% of SiO2; 3-6% of Al2O3; 15-25% of Li2O; 0.2-4% of P2O5; 0.5-5% of ZrO2; and 0.01-0.5% of HfO2, in which the crystals include one or more kinds of crystals selected from the group consisting of β-spodumene crystals, petalite crystals, and eucryptite crystals.

    GLASS CERAMIC AND CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS

    公开(公告)号:US20220073415A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17521910

    申请日:2021-11-09

    Applicant: AGC Inc.

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass ceramic including crystals, and including, in mol % in terms of oxides: 65-75% of SiO2; 3-6% of Al2O3; 15-25% of Li2O; 0.2-4% of P2O5; 0.5-5% of ZrO2; and 0.01-0.5% of HfO2, in which the crystals include one or more kinds of crystals selected from the group consisting of β-spodumene crystals, petalite crystals, and eucryptite crystals.

    POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND COMPOSITE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

    公开(公告)号:US20220057574A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17453906

    申请日:2021-11-08

    Applicant: AGC Inc.

    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer optical waveguide having a core, an under cladding and an over cladding, in which: the polymer optical waveguide has a first section on one end side in the light propagation direction where no portion of the over cladding exists and the core and the under cladding are exposed, and a second section on the other end side in the light propagation direction where the core is covered with the under cladding and the over cladding; and a relative refractive index difference among the core, the under cladding and the over cladding, a core width and core height in an end surface at the one end side of the first section, and a core width and core height in an end surface at the other end side of the second section satisfy predetermined relationships.

    POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND COMPOSITE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

    公开(公告)号:US20210003780A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US17026497

    申请日:2020-09-21

    Applicant: AGC Inc.

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer optical waveguide including: a core; an under-cladding; and an over-cladding, in which the polymer optical waveguide includes a coupling section and an optical waveguide section that are provided along a light propagation direction, the polymer optical waveguide includes portions having different core widths along the light propagation direction, and when a core width at a portion a having a narrowest core width is denoted Wa (μm) and a core height at the portion a is denoted Ha (μm), Ha is 1.3 μm or more and 4.5 μm or less, and Ha/Wa is 1.15 or less.

    POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200183081A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16787158

    申请日:2020-02-11

    Applicant: AGC Inc.

    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer optical waveguide containing: a core; and a cladding having a refractive index lower than that of the core, provided around the core, in which the polymer optical waveguide has a core-coupling section where at least a part of the cladding is not present along a light propagation direction of the polymer optical waveguide and an application type removal film A provided so as to come into contact with the core of the core-coupling section.

    CRYSTALLIZED GLASS MANUFACTURING METHOD
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240092678A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18520792

    申请日:2023-11-28

    Applicant: AGC Inc.

    Inventor: Qing LI Seiki OHARA

    CPC classification number: C03B32/02 C03B11/125

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing crystallized glass, including: (a1) melting a glass raw material to obtain molten glass; (a2) molding the molten glass into a predetermined shape by a molding unit to obtain a glass molded body; (a3) slowly cooling the glass molded body to obtain a raw glass plate containing at least one of a crystal nucleus and a separated phase; and (a4) heat-treating the raw glass plate containing the at least one of the crystal nucleus and the separated phase to cause crystal growth so as to obtain the crystallized glass.

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