Integrated planar optical waveguide and shutter
CA 2392467 A1 · Owner: Al-Hemyari, Kadhair · Inventors: Jones, Roydn David; Jimenez, Jose Luis; Al-Hemyari, Kadhair
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An optical switch having an input waveguide and two output waveguides separated by and disposed around a trench. The input waveguide and a first output waveguide have respective optical paths defined by their respective cores; those optical paths (and cores) being aligned or coaxial with each other. Those waveguides are also separated by a trench having a medium provided therein that has a refractive index different from that of the waveguides. The input waveguide and first output waveguide are separated by a distance insufficient to affect the transmission characteristics of an optical signal propagating from the input waveguide to the first output waveguide even though the optical …
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