Abstract: An optical signal device which is temperature sensitive and has at least one waveguide layer and at least one material incorporated into the device having a coefficient of thermal expansion of from about 20 to 200 ppm/°K sufficient to impart tensile stress to the waveguide layers as the temperature of the optical signal device changes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 27, 2004
Assignee:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Inventors:
Robert A. Norwood, Louay Eldada, Shing Yin, Cathy Glass, Robert M. Blomquist