Method of manufacturing optical waveguide using optical soliton

Details Method of manufacturing optical waveguide using optical soliton Method of manufacturing optical waveguide using optical soliton

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Hoffmann, John (Department: 1741)

Glass manufacturing

Processes of manufacturing fibers, filaments, or preforms

With measuring, controlling, sensing, programming, timing,...

C065S392000, C065S386000, C065S378000, C430S321000, C430S395000, C250S492100

Reexamination Certificate

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07921674

ABSTRACT:
There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical waveguide, the method including: allowing a beam to be incident in an optical waveguide direction of an optical waveguide material; generating an optical soliton in the optical waveguide material by adjusting intensity of the incident beam according to the optical waveguide material; allowing the incident beam to be re-incident at an intensity higher than an intensity of the incident beam after checking generation of the optical soliton in the optical waveguide material; and increasing a refractive index of an optical soliton-generating area of the optical waveguide material by the re-incident beam to thereby form an optical waveguide.

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