Waveguide type optical device and manufacturing method of the waveguide type optical device

• US 7,729,580 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2006
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Doi, Masaharu, Tanaka, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Uyen-Chau N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peace; Rhonda S
• Application Number:
  US11/605,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20080069499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: 385/49, 385129-132
• US Class Current: 385/49
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2006/12109 Filter
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2006/12116 Polariser; Birefringent
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/126 using polarisation effects G02B6/1226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/13 Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method

Abstract

A waveguide type optical device includes a substrate where a waveguide is formed; a supplemental plate connected on the substrate by using an adhesive; and a groove forming part formed by cutting through the supplemental plate so as to reach the substrate and cut the waveguide, the groove forming part being where a functional thin film is inserted. The supplemental plate and the waveguide adhere to each other or come close to each other in a range not influencing a mode of light.

Claims

1. A waveguide type optical device, comprising:

a substrate having a surface immediately upon which a waveguide core is formed;

a supplemental plate connected on the substrate by using an adhesive; and

a groove forming part formed by cutting through the supplemental plate so as to reach the substrate and cut the waveguide core, the groove forming part being where a functional thin film is inserted;

wherein the supplemental plate and the waveguide core adhere to each other;

a convex part is formed in at least one of a position of the substrate excluding a forming position of the waveguide core;

a concave part is formed in a position, facing the convex part, of the supplemental plate;

a height of the convex part is greater than a depth of the concave part;

a width of the convex part is equal to or smaller that a width of the concave part;

a width direction of the convex part is the same as a width direction of the waveguide core; and

the adhesive is provided in concave part so that the substrate and the supplemental plate are adhered to and fixed to each other.

2. The waveguide type optical device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the convex part, projecting to the concave part formed in one of the substrate and the supplemental plate, is provided at the other of the supplemental plate and the substrate.

3. The waveguide type optical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of lithium niobate or lithium tantalate.

4. The waveguide type optical device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the supplemental plate is made of material having the same coefficient of thermal expansion and refractive index as a material of the substrate.

5. The waveguide type optical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supplemental plate is made of material the same as a material of the substrate.

6. The waveguide type optical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supplemental plate is formed in the entirety of a forming area of the waveguide.

7. A waveguide type optical device, comprising:

a substrate having a surface immediately upon which a waveguide core is formed;

a supplemental plate connected on the substrate by using an adhesive; and

a groove forming part formed by cutting through the supplemental plate so as to reach the substrate and cut the waveguide core, the groove forming part being where a functional thin film is inserted, wherein;

the supplemental plate and the waveguide core adhere to each other or come close to each other in a range not influencing a mode of light;

a convex part is formed in at least one of a position of the substrate excluding a forming position of the waveguide core;

a concave part is formed in a position, facing the convex part, of the supplemental plate;

a height of the convex part is greater than a depth of the concave part;

a width of the convex part is equal to or smaller than a width of the concave part;

a width direction of the convex part is the same as a width direction of the waveguide core; and

the adhesive is provided in the concave part so that the substrate and the supplemental plate are adhered to and fixed to each other.