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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Aichi-prefecture, JP;
Keiichiro Asai, Nagoya, JP;
Shoichiro Yamaguchi, Ichinomiya, JP;
NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Aichi-prefecture, JP;
Abstract
An optical waveguide deviceincludes a thin layerand a ridge portionloaded on the thin layer. The thin layeris made of an optical material selected from the group consisting of lithium niobate, lithium tantalate, lithium niobate-lithium tantalate, yttrium aluminum garnet, yttrium vanadate, gadolinium vanadate, potassium gadolinium tungstate; and potassium yttrium tungstate. The ridge portionis made of tantalum pentoxide and has a trapezoid shape viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a direction of propagation of light. The ridge portion is not peeled off from the thin layer in a tape peeling test.