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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Osamu Mitomi, Nagoya, JP;
Takenori Ichigi, Konan, JP;
Masatsugu Oshima, Nagoya, JP;
Jun Okumura, Nagoya, JP;
Masataka Yamashita, Nagoya, JP;
Osamu Mitomi, Nagoya, JP;
Takenori Ichigi, Konan, JP;
Masatsugu Oshima, Nagoya, JP;
Jun Okumura, Nagoya, JP;
Masataka Yamashita, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An optical device includes an optical input waveguide, a branch/cross waveguide, an optical output waveguide and connection waveguides that connect the optical input and optical output waveguides to the cross/branch waveguide. The spot size of light propagating through the cross/branch waveguide is larger than the spot size of light propagating through optical input waveguides, the optical output waveguides, or the connection waveguides.