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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1997
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical waveguide having stable low branching ratio is disclosed, which includes a primary optical waveguide portion coupled at a input end thereof to an input-side optical fiber. branched optical waveguide portions each having one end continuously connected to a output end of the primary optical waveguide portion and the other ends coupled to a plurality of output-side optical fibers and an introductory waveguide portion coupled to the input end of the primary optical waveguide portion and having a width substantially identical with a core diameter of the input-side optical fiber. Further, there is provided a method of producing an optical branching device in which the optical waveguide is formed.