Patents Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Haisha
  • Patent number: 6480640
    Abstract: An integrated optical circuit device includes: a first optical element section including first and second element regions deposited along a thickness direction; a second optical element section formed away from the first optical element section, and a multimode interference region provided between the first and second optical element sections, the multimode interference region including a buried portion formed along a light propagation direction. The first and second optical element sections are optically coupled to each other via the multimode interference region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Haisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimonaka, Hidenori Kawanishi