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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a spot-size converter, a manufacturing method thereof, and an integrated optical circuit device, and ensures easier coupling to the optical fiber and higher accuracy in manufacturing the spot-size converter. A first core that is extended from a first end configured to input/output light toward a second end, and a second core that is formed by a plurality of cores, and formed at a position to be evanescent-coupled to the first core, and moreover extended along a direction from the first end toward the second end are provided, and, on the second core, a third core that has a taper unit and is formed at a position to be evanescent-coupled to the second core in a lamination direction is provided.