Optical integrated circuit and manufacturing method thereof

Abstract

An optical integrated circuit formed on a substrate includes a light source, a spot size converter section configured to convert a spot size of light emitted from the light source, a waveguide section connected to the spot size converter section, and an active section connected to the waveguide section, layers sequentially a lower clad layer, core layer, shared layer, and upper clad layer on the substrate, makes a refractive index of the shared layer greater than refractive indices of the lower clad layer and upper clad layer and less than a refractive index of the core layer, and makes the spot size converter section, the waveguide section, and the active section share the shared layer. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an optoelectric integrated circuit by which both a simplification in a manufacturing process and a high efficiency in optical coupling between a light source and a waveguide are achieved.

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