Abstract:
The invention is directed to a method for fabricating an optical waveguide (100). Basically, it relies on setting on the lower cladding(11), both the waveguide cores (26L-48l) and light-reflecting features (23 -23c), e.g. mirrors or fiducial markers. The reflecting features and the waveguide cores constitute a core layer having an open structure. An upper cladding polymer (31) is then applied, which embeds the light-reflecting features and the waveguides. Thus, the upper cladding applied fills the space left vacant by the open structures. The components of the core layer are accordingly set in place during the fabrication process, before filling the cladding at the level at which they are located. Since the light reflecting features and waveguide cores can be set with high accuracy on the lower cladding (before applying the upper cladding), the problems of reworking (e.g. dicing) or refining position of a light-reflecting feature inserted a posteriori is circumvented. Advantageously, both the waveguide cores and reflecting feature scan be patterned onto the lower cladding. The reflecting features may further be obtained from a selective metallization process.
Abstract:
Aligning optical components with optical waveguides according to a common optical axis is done by an optical component assembly OCA, an adapter ADP and a waveguide assembly WGA. The OCA has optical components and a first alignment structure of a cavity (SC, figure 1) which is associated with the substrate of the OCA. The ADP presents a base surface BS with a first step structure S1. The WGA has a second alignment structure comprising a distinct step structure S3 designed according to the position of the waveguides within the waveguides assembly. The OCA, WGA and the ADP are positioned so that a sidewall of the cavity and the distinct step structure S3 are in contact with a sidewall of the first step structure SI. A second step structure S2 may also be provided.
Abstract:
The essential feature is the step of generating a controllable 'dynamic' intensity field profile with a controllable beating pattern in a multimode superposition of different modes, as e.g., a fundamental mode and a higher order mode as e,g., the TEO mode and T E1 mode of an input wavelength entering the input site of an AWG apparatus, whereby said beating pattern is controlled in a fixed, or in variable, predetermined way, as e.g., with a fixed or a wavelength dependent power ratio and beating pattern, for improving the mode overlap in a receiver waveguide associated with an output site of said apparatus. With variable conditions, a lower number of converter units is required. In a 8:1 multiplexer, for example, there is needed just one converter unit at its output. A 1:8 demultiplexer can be obtained by solely reversing the AWG apparatus.
Abstract:
A new material is provided that can be used for the fabrication of planar optical waveguides. The material includes silicon, oxygen and nitrogen and additionally deuterium. Also provided is a method for fabricating planar optical waveguides based on this new material, which uses deuterated gaseous precursors.
Abstract:
Optical switch (70) integrated into a substrate, comprising N input channels (74-76) with N input optical free space elements (181-183), an intermediate optical free space element (151), N input tunable optical lenses (152-154) with adjustable projection characteristic f or projecting light waves received from the input optical free space elements (181-183) into the intermediate free space element (151). The switch further comprises M output channels (190-192 ) with M output optical free space elements (77-79), M output tunable optical lenses (155-15 7) with adjustable receiving characteristic for capturing the light wave from the intermediate free space element (151) and for feeding the light wave to the M output optical free space elements (77-79).
Abstract:
A new material is provided that can be used for the fabrication of planar optical waveguides. The material includes silicon, oxygen and nitrogen and additionally deuterium. Also provided is a method for fabricating planar optical waveguides based on this new material, which uses deuterated gaseous precursors.
Abstract:
An optical waveguide device is proposed which comprises a substrate, thereupon a lower cladding layer, thereupon an upper cladding layer and between said cladding layers a waveguide element. The influence of the substrate on the stress-induced birefringence of the optical waveguide device is reduced by modification of the substrate from underneath the waveguide element.
Abstract:
Optical switch (70) integrated into a substrate, comprising N input channels (74-76) with N input optical free space elements (181-183), a large optical free space element (151), N input tunable optical lenses (152-154) with adjustable projection characteristic for projecting light waves received from the input optical free space elements (181-183) into the large free space element (151). The switch further comprises M output channels (190-192) with M output optical free space elements (77-79), M output tunable optical lenses (155-157) with adjustable receiving characteristic for capturing the light wave from the large free space element (151) and for feeding the light wave to the M output optical free space elements (77-79).
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft vor allem einen Rastersondenmikroskop-Hebelarm (10), der einen Schaft (15) und einen elektromagnetischen Sensor (20) mit einer detektierbaren elektromagnetischen Eigenschaft umfasst, die sich bei Deformation des Schafts ändert. Ferner betrifft die Erfindung ein Rastersondenmikroskop, eine Detektionsvorrichtung und ein Detektionsverfahren, das einen solchen Hebelarm verwendet.
Abstract:
The essential feature is the step of generating a controllable 'dynamic' intensity field profile with a controllable beating pattern in a multimode superposition of different modes, as e.g., a fundamental mode and a higher order mode as e,g., the TEO mode and T E1 mode of an input wavelength entering the input site of an AWG apparatus, whereby said beating pattern is controlled in a fixed, or in variable, predetermined way, as e.g., with a fixed or a wavelength dependent power ratio and beating pattern, for improving the mode overlap in a receiver waveguide associated with an output site of said apparatus. With variable conditions, a lower number of converter units is required. In a 8:1 multiplexer, for example, there is needed just one converter unit at its output. A 1:8 demultiplexer can be obtained by solely reversing the AWG apparatus.