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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 ;
Abstract
First and second thin-film layers having different compositions are inserted between cladding layers to be stepped, and steps corresponding to a difference between the side etching amounts of these layers are formed. In this manner, symmetrical steps of about 0.5 &mgr;m can be reliably and easily formed on the side surfaces of a ridge waveguide.