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Process for fabrication of dielectric optical waveguide devices
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1976-05-11
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Granted: 1978-01-31
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Expires: 1996-05-11
Abstract
Abstract The present invention discloses a process for fabrication of dielectric optical waveguide devices by utilizing selective epitaxial growth. Concentrated energy such as an electron or laser beam is focused on a predetermined region on the surface of a substrate during the epitaxial growth with the application of molecular beams so that the mixed crystal grown in the irradiated region may have a chemical composition different from that of the mixed crystal grown on the non-irradiated region. Since this process permits to overlaying the embedded waveguides one upon another, complex optical waveguide devices can be fabricated in a simple manner.
Inventors
- 👤 Seiichi Nagata
- 👤 Tsuneo Tanaka
- 👤 Masakazu Fukai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 17:11
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/04; C23C14/048; C30; C30B; C30B23/00; C30B23/02; C30B23/04; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/10; G02B6/12; G02B6/13; G02B6/131; H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/22; H10P14/27; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2907; H10P14/2911; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3414; H10P14/3418; H10P14/3421; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S117/00; Y10S117/903; Y10S117/904; Y10S117/905; Y10S117/918; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/084; Y10S148/094; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/914; Y10S438/925
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A process for fabrication of dielectric optical waveguide devices by utilizing thin films of epitaxially grown mixed crystals of compounds comprising applying molecular beams of elements which become the constituents of said compounds over a surface of a crystal substrate heated at a predetermined temperature in vacuum while locally irradiating a predetermined region of the surface of said substrate with concentrated energy to thereby produce epitaxial growth conditions which are different between the irradiated region and the non-irradiated region and consequently the composition of the mixed crystal grown in the irradiated region is different from the composition of the mixed crystal grown in the nonirradiated region, whereby a region having a higher refractive index is formed within a region having a lower refractive index.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A process for fabrication of dielectric optical waveguide devices by utilizing thin films of epitaxially grown mixed crystals of compounds comprising applying molecular beams of elements which become the constituents of said compounds over a surface of a crystal substrate heated at a predetermined temperature in vacuum while locally irradiating a predetermined region of the surface of said substrate with concentrated energy to thereby produce epitaxial growth conditions which are different between the irradiated region and the non-irradiated region and consequently the composition of the mixed crystal grown in the irradiated region is different from the composition of the mixed crystal grown in the nonirradiated region, whereby a region having a higher refractive index is formed within a region having a lower refractive index.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 comprising overlaying the regions having a lower refractive index and the regions having a higher refractive index one upon another.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 wherein said compounds are Group III·V compounds.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 wherein said compounds comprise elements selected from Group III.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 wherein said compounds comprise elements selected from Group V.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 wherein said compounds consist of an element selected from Group III and an element selected from Group V.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 wherein said concentrated energy is an electron beam.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 wherein said concentrated energy is a laser beam.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as set forth in claim 6, wherein said compounds consist of at least two elements selected from Group III and one element selected from Group V.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as set forth in claim 6 wherein said compounds consist of at least two elements selected from Group V and one element selected from Group III.
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