OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220163720A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17599721

    申请日:2019-09-26

    摘要: In an optical waveguide element, performance deterioration due to recoupling of unnecessary light leaking from an optical waveguide with the optical waveguide is prevented. An optical waveguide element includes an optical substrate on which an optical waveguide is formed, and a support substrate that is bonded to the optical substrate, on a bonded surface of the support substrate bonded to the optical substrate, a recess portion along the optical waveguide on the optical substrate is formed directly under the optical waveguide, a portion of the support substrate from an upper surface of the support substrate to at least a depth of a bottom surface of the recess portion has a refractive index higher than a substrate refractive index of the optical substrate, and the recess portion is filled with a substance having a refractive index lower than the substrate refractive index.

    Optical waveguide element
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12025833B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17764950

    申请日:2020-09-23

    IPC分类号: G02B6/125 G02B6/12

    CPC分类号: G02B6/125 G02B2006/12097

    摘要: Provided is an optical waveguide element that prevents leaked light generated at a forking section from entering a downstream optical waveguide such as another forking section, thereby affording minimal degradation of optical characteristics. The optical waveguide is characterized in that: at least one of two fork waveguides (20a, 20b) forking from a first forking section (20) comprises a second forking section (21, 22); slab waveguides (3c-1 to 3c-3) are formed between the two fork waveguides; and between the first forking section and the second forking section, slits (41, 42) are formed that partition the slab waveguides into a first slab waveguide area (3c-1) close to the first forking section and second slab waveguide areas (3c-2, 3c-3) close to the second forking section(s).

    Optical waveguide element, and optical modulation device and optical transmission apparatus using optical waveguide element

    公开(公告)号:US11656487B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-23

    申请号:US17490590

    申请日:2021-09-30

    IPC分类号: G02F1/035

    CPC分类号: G02F1/0353 G02F2201/063

    摘要: An optical waveguide element includes a substrate and an optical waveguide that is disposed on the substrate. The optical waveguide has an effective refractive index change portion in which an effective refractive index of the optical waveguide related to a fundamental mode A parallel to a plane of polarization of a light wave propagated through the optical waveguide changes according to propagation of the light wave. In the effective refractive index change portion, a cross-sectional shape of the optical waveguide which is perpendicular to a propagation direction of the light wave is set such that the effective refractive index of the optical waveguide related to the fundamental mode A is higher than an effective refractive index of the optical waveguide related to another fundamental mode B perpendicular to the fundamental mode A.

    OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT AND OPTICAL MODULATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230367170A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18246358

    申请日:2021-09-28

    IPC分类号: G02F1/225 G02F1/21

    CPC分类号: G02F1/2255 G02F1/212

    摘要: An optical waveguide element includes: a substrate on which an optical waveguide is formed; and an electrode that is formed on the substrate and controls a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a protruding portion extending on the substrate, and the electrode includes a base layer made of Nb, and an upper layer formed on the base layer, the base layer being formed between the substrate and the upper layer. The occurrence of loss in propagating light is effectively suppressed due to the existence of the electrode that controls the propagating light in the optical waveguide element using the protruding optical waveguide

    OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20200292752A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16697219

    申请日:2019-11-27

    IPC分类号: G02B6/122 G02B6/13

    摘要: An optical waveguide element includes an optical waveguide which is formed on one surface of a substrate, an incidence part for light to be incident on the optical waveguide or an emission part for emitting light from the optical waveguide which is disposed in an end portion of the substrate, and a dielectric film which is formed on the optical waveguide of at least one of the incidence part and the emission part, and the vicinity thereof. Regarding the dielectric film, dielectric films including a dielectric film formed of a first material having an index of refraction higher than an index of refraction of the substrate and a dielectric film formed of a second material having an index of refraction lower than the index of refraction of the substrate are alternately laminated.