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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Akihiko Nishiki, Tokyo, JP;
Saeko Oshiba, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiko Nishiki, Tokyo, JP;
Saeko Oshiba, Kyoto, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical signal encoder/decoder includes a grating waveguide having an identical number of uniform pitch gratings to the number of code chips of a binary phase optical code, the uniform pitch gratings being formed in a waveguide direction to reflect light of a predetermined wavelength. Here, adjacent gratings corresponding to a position at which the optical code value changes are disposed a spacing apart from each other to give a phase shift of (2m+1)π/2 to the light, and the remaining adjacent gratings are disposed a spacing apart from each other to give a phase shift of nπ to the light (m, n: integer).