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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Cristian A. Bolle, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed comprising a planar optical waveguide structure which includes a substrate and two planar optical waveguides thereon. The apparatus further comprises a solid structure having a body and two branches connected to the body. Each of the two branches has a reflective surface area thereon. Each of the two planar optical waveguides is configured to optically couple light from an end thereof to the reflective surface area of a corresponding one of the branches. The planar optical waveguide structure further includes a third planar optical waveguide on the substrate. The third planar optical waveguide has a segment located between the solid structure and the substrate.