GB2363474B - Optical waveguide with multiple core layers and method of fabrication thereof - Google Patents

Optical waveguide with multiple core layers and method of fabrication thereof

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GB2363474B
GB2363474B GB0118714A GB0118714A GB2363474B GB 2363474 B GB2363474 B GB 2363474B GB 0118714 A GB0118714 A GB 0118714A GB 0118714 A GB0118714 A GB 0118714A GB 2363474 B GB2363474 B GB 2363474B
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fabrication
optical waveguide
core layers
multiple core
layers
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Silva Marques Paulo Vicente Da
James Ronald Bonar
James Stewart Aitchison
Pereira Leite Antonio Man Pais
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University of Glasgow
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University of Glasgow
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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
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/13—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method
    • G02B6/132—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method by deposition of thin films
    • 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
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • 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
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/13—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method
    • G02B6/134—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method by substitution by dopant atoms
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • 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
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B2006/12083—Constructional arrangements
    • G02B2006/12107—Grating
    • 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
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B2006/12083—Constructional arrangements
    • G02B2006/12121—Laser
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/0632—Thin film lasers in which light propagates in the plane of the thin film
    • H01S3/0635—Thin film lasers in which light propagates in the plane of the thin film provided with a periodic structure, e.g. using distributed feed-back, grating couplers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
    • H01S5/026—Monolithically integrated components, e.g. waveguides, monitoring photo-detectors, drivers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
GB0118714A 1999-02-05 2000-02-07 Optical waveguide with multiple core layers and method of fabrication thereof Expired - Fee Related GB2363474B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9902477A GB2346706A (en) 1999-02-05 1999-02-05 Multiple core waveguide
PCT/GB2000/000323 WO2000046619A1 (en) 1999-02-05 2000-02-07 Optical waveguide with multiple core layers and method of fabrication thereof

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GB0118714D0 GB0118714D0 (en) 2001-09-26
GB2363474A GB2363474A (en) 2001-12-19
GB2363474B true GB2363474B (en) 2003-04-09

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GB0118714A Expired - Fee Related GB2363474B (en) 1999-02-05 2000-02-07 Optical waveguide with multiple core layers and method of fabrication thereof

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GB (2) GB2346706A (en)
WO (1) WO2000046619A1 (en)

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US5206925A (en) * 1990-06-29 1993-04-27 Hitachi Cable Limited Rare earth element-doped optical waveguide and process for producing the same
US5303319A (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-04-12 Honeywell Inc. Ion-beam deposited multilayer waveguides and resonators
EP0867985A1 (en) * 1997-03-27 1998-09-30 Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno Erbium-doped planar waveguide
EP0890850A1 (en) * 1997-07-10 1999-01-13 Lucent Technologies Inc. Manufacture of tapered waveguides

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Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5206925A (en) * 1990-06-29 1993-04-27 Hitachi Cable Limited Rare earth element-doped optical waveguide and process for producing the same
US5303319A (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-04-12 Honeywell Inc. Ion-beam deposited multilayer waveguides and resonators
EP0867985A1 (en) * 1997-03-27 1998-09-30 Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno Erbium-doped planar waveguide
EP0890850A1 (en) * 1997-07-10 1999-01-13 Lucent Technologies Inc. Manufacture of tapered waveguides

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GB2363474A (en) 2001-12-19
AU2307700A (en) 2000-08-25
GB0118714D0 (en) 2001-09-26
WO2000046619A1 (en) 2000-08-10
GB9902477D0 (en) 1999-03-24
GB2346706A (en) 2000-08-16
EP1151333A1 (en) 2001-11-07

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