GB0609724D0 - Multimode interference coupler - Google Patents

Multimode interference coupler

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Publication number
GB0609724D0
GB0609724D0 GB0609724A GB0609724A GB0609724D0 GB 0609724 D0 GB0609724 D0 GB 0609724D0 GB 0609724 A GB0609724 A GB 0609724A GB 0609724 A GB0609724 A GB 0609724A GB 0609724 D0 GB0609724 D0 GB 0609724D0
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Prior art keywords
multimode interference
interference coupler
coupler
multimode
interference
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GB0609724A
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GB2438222A (en
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Lumentum Technology UK Ltd
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Bookham Technology PLC
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Priority to GB0609724A priority Critical patent/GB2438222A/en
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Publication of GB2438222A publication Critical patent/GB2438222A/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2808—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of outputs
    • G02B6/2813—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of outputs based on multimode interference effect, i.e. self-imaging
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3136—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of interferometric switch type
GB0609724A 2006-05-17 2006-05-17 Multimode interference waveguide coupler Withdrawn GB2438222A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0609724A GB2438222A (en) 2006-05-17 2006-05-17 Multimode interference waveguide coupler

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GB0609724A GB2438222A (en) 2006-05-17 2006-05-17 Multimode interference waveguide coupler

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GB0609724D0 true GB0609724D0 (en) 2006-06-28
GB2438222A GB2438222A (en) 2007-11-21

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JP2012519873A (en) 2009-03-03 2012-08-30 オクラロ テクノロジー リミテッド Improved optical waveguide splitter
JP6798313B2 (en) * 2014-10-02 2020-12-09 日本電気株式会社 Rib-type optical waveguide and optical waveguide using it

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FR2768524B1 (en) * 1997-09-12 1999-10-22 France Telecom WIDE AREA AMPLIFIER WITH MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE RECOMBINATOR
US6236784B1 (en) * 1998-08-10 2001-05-22 Hitachi, Ltd. Y branching optical waveguide and optical integrated circuit
US6571038B1 (en) * 2000-03-01 2003-05-27 Lucent Technologies Inc. Multimode interference coupler with tunable power splitting ratios and method of tuning
DE10358629A1 (en) * 2003-12-11 2005-03-24 Infineon Technologies Ag Multimode interferometer for mode combining and conversion has mode control unit in part of multimode region using electrode control of optical properties at intensity maxima
US7035494B1 (en) * 2004-05-27 2006-04-25 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army. Slotted multimode interference device

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