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2005-06-07

2005-06-07

Connelly-Cushwa, Michelle R. (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Input/output coupler

C385S011000, C385S024000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06904204

ABSTRACT:
An object of this invention is to cancel a polarization dependence of a transmission center wavelength due to the waveguide birefringence in an array waveguide and a slab waveguide in an array waveguide diffraction grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer filter applied for optical communication, particularly, wavelength split multiplexing system. In order to achieve the object of this invention, a polarization mode convertor converts the TE mode in a waveguide to the TM mode and the TM mode to the TE mode. This conversion function makes it possible to cancel the polarization dependence of the transmission center wavelength due to the waveguide birefringence in the array waveguide and the slab waveguide in front of and behind the polarization mode convertor.

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