CA2020246A1 - Guides d'ondes profiles a semiconducteur et methode de fabrication de ces guides - Google Patents

Guides d'ondes profiles a semiconducteur et methode de fabrication de ces guides

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CA2020246A1
CA2020246A1 CA2020246A CA2020246A CA2020246A1 CA 2020246 A1 CA2020246 A1 CA 2020246A1 CA 2020246 A CA2020246 A CA 2020246A CA 2020246 A CA2020246 A CA 2020246A CA 2020246 A1 CA2020246 A1 CA 2020246A1
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Prior art keywords
tapered
guiding
layers
semiconductor
waveguide
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CA2020246A
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CA2020246C (fr
Inventor
Thomas L. Koch
Uziel Koren
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
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Priority claimed from US07/389,087 external-priority patent/US4932032A/en
Priority claimed from US07/389,074 external-priority patent/US4944838A/en
Application filed by American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc filed Critical American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
Publication of CA2020246A1 publication Critical patent/CA2020246A1/fr
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Publication of CA2020246C publication Critical patent/CA2020246C/fr
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/10—Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region
    • H01S5/1028—Coupling to elements in the cavity, e.g. coupling to waveguides adjacent the active region, e.g. forward coupled [DFC] structures
    • H01S5/1032—Coupling to elements comprising an optical axis that is not aligned with the optical axis of the active region
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/122—Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
    • G02B6/1228—Tapered waveguides, e.g. integrated spot-size transformers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/13—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method
    • G02B6/136—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method by etching
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/30—Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device
    • G02B6/305—Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device and having an integrated mode-size expanding section, e.g. tapered waveguide
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P50/00—Etching of wafers, substrates or parts of devices
    • H10P50/60—Wet etching
    • H10P50/64—Wet etching of semiconductor materials
    • H10P50/642—Chemical etching
    • H10P50/646—Chemical etching of Group III-V materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/10—Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region
    • H01S5/1003—Waveguide having a modified shape along the axis, e.g. branched, curved, tapered, voids
    • H01S5/1014—Tapered waveguide, e.g. spotsize converter

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
CA002020246A 1989-08-03 1990-06-29 Guides d'ondes profiles a semiconducteur et methode de fabrication de ces guides Expired - Fee Related CA2020246C (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US07/389,087 US4932032A (en) 1989-08-03 1989-08-03 Tapered semiconductor waveguides
US389,087 1989-08-03
US389,074 1989-08-03
US07/389,074 US4944838A (en) 1989-08-03 1989-08-03 Method of making tapered semiconductor waveguides

Publications (2)

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CA2020246A1 true CA2020246A1 (fr) 1991-02-04
CA2020246C CA2020246C (fr) 1994-02-01

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CA002020246A Expired - Fee Related CA2020246C (fr) 1989-08-03 1990-06-29 Guides d'ondes profiles a semiconducteur et methode de fabrication de ces guides

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EP (1) EP0411816B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2634687B2 (fr)
KR (1) KR930010131B1 (fr)
CA (1) CA2020246C (fr)
DE (1) DE69012704T2 (fr)
DK (1) DK0411816T3 (fr)
HK (1) HK193995A (fr)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19538232A1 (de) * 1995-10-13 1997-04-17 Siemens Ag Optoelektronisches Bauelement mit kodirektionaler Modenkopplung
DE19606537A1 (de) * 1996-02-22 1997-08-28 Bosch Gmbh Robert Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Masterstruktur
CN1922519B (zh) * 2004-08-23 2010-12-01 莫莱克斯公司 用于改善光纤和集成平面波导管之间的光耦合效率的系统和锥形波导管及其制造方法
JP2011164376A (ja) * 2010-02-10 2011-08-25 Mitsubishi Electric Corp スポットサイズ変換導波路
EP3304659B1 (fr) * 2015-06-05 2023-03-22 Iulian Basarab Petrescu-Prahova Dispositif émetteur du type laser à semi-conducteur

Family Cites Families (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3978426A (en) * 1975-03-11 1976-08-31 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Heterostructure devices including tapered optical couplers
US4546480A (en) * 1983-08-19 1985-10-08 Xerox Corporation Injection lasers with quantum size effect transparent waveguiding

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JP2634687B2 (ja) 1997-07-30
EP0411816A2 (fr) 1991-02-06
DE69012704D1 (de) 1994-10-27
EP0411816B1 (fr) 1994-09-21
KR930010131B1 (ko) 1993-10-14
DE69012704T2 (de) 1995-01-12
CA2020246C (fr) 1994-02-01
DK0411816T3 (da) 1994-10-17
HK193995A (en) 1996-01-05
JPH0369904A (ja) 1991-03-26
EP0411816A3 (en) 1991-11-06
KR910005501A (ko) 1991-03-30

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