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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Bernhard A. Deutsch, Hickory, NC (US);
Angela Rief, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Schweiker, Weyarn, DE;
Frank Zimmer, Scheurin, DE;
Bernhard A. Deutsch, Hickory, NC (US);
Angela Rief, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Schweiker, Weyarn, DE;
Frank Zimmer, Scheurin, DE;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical chip and to a method for producing an optical chip having a reinforced structure. The chip has a substrate, optical waveguides arranged on the surface of said substrate, and at least one optical structure for influencing the optical properties of the optical waveguides, and an interconnected laminar reinforcing or stiffening structure constructed in the form of a cross which is arranged centrally on the substrate with the provision of diametrically opposite cut-outs.