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US 7,024,065 B2Granted
Optical waveguide device and method of manufacture therefor
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorHoward E. Katz
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Abstract
The present invention provides an optical waveguide device, a method for manufacturing an optical waveguide device, and a method for manufacturing an optical communications device. In an advantageous embodiment, the optical waveguide device includes a contrasting material located within an optical substrate. The contrasting material, thus, forms at least a portion of the optical core.
Claims26
A method for manufacturing an optical waveguide device, comprising:
- providing an optical substrate;
- and
- placing a liquid onto the optical substrate and allowing the liquid to infiltrate the optical substrate to form an optical core.
An optical waveguide device, comprising:
- an optical substrate comprising a free-volume material;
- and
- a contrasting material located at least partially within a free volume of the free volume material, the contrasting material forming at least a portion of an optical core.
A method for manufacturing an optical communications device, comprising:
- forming an optical waveguide device, including;
- providing an optical substrate;
- and
- placing a liquid onto the optical substrate and allowing the liquid to infiltrate the optical substrate to form an optical core;
- and
- optically coupling a second device to the optical waveguide device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.