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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Sylvain Combrie, Paris, FR;
Nguyen Vy Quynh Tran, Dong Nai, VN;
Alfredo DE Rossi, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thales, Neuilly Sur Seine, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a photonic crystal circuit comprising a guide produced in a photonic crystal membrane on the surface of a substrate and a mode adapter coupled to said guide, wherein the membrane includes a central point constituting the mode adapter having a section gradient as termination of said guide, said point being suspended so as to allow the propagation of modes in a symmetrical manner. It also relates to an optical system incorporating said circuit coupled to an optical fiber.