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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Peter Kersten, Weissach, DE;
Gerhard Schreiber, Korntal, DE;
Roland Münzner, Bissingen/Teck, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Avanex Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical component comprising an optical waveguide and adjacent to it at least one grating array adapted to reflect stray light away from said optical waveguide. The use of a grating array with a plurality of structures like polygons or stripes gives the possibility to define a multiple of reflection directions. This is obtained by using polygons layed out in different orientations up to a random one or a Bragg grating preferably defined with a non-uniform period (chirped). Such grating arrays are usually structured within the same layer as the optical waveguide core layer.