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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2006
Fumio Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Norihiro Tajima, Yokohama, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an optical branching unit according to the invention, the cross section shape in an area of a front stage to branch to two output waveguides in the optical branch is a rectangle or a non-circle with different vertical-to-horizontal ratio, including an area that the length along the surface of the substrate is defined to be shorter than the length in the direction orthogonal to the surface of a substrate, the cross section at the output ends of the output waveguide is a rectangle or a non-circle with a different vertical-to-horizontal ratio, where the length along the surface of the substrate is defined to be longer than the length in the direction orthogonal to the surface of the substrate.