US 12,442,986 B2
Optical waveguide element and optical axis adjustment method
Shuhei Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/252,496
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/001611
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/157820, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408770 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/35 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/359 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 6/3526 (2013.01); G02B 6/3598 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. An optical waveguide element comprising:
a waveguide configured to propagate light;
a clad including an upper clad whose lower surface is in contact with one surface of the waveguide and a lower clad whose upper surface is in contact with the other surface of the waveguide;
both side surfaces provided on both sides of the upper clad and the lower clad;
an incident end surface provided at one end of the waveguide and the clad; and
an emission end surface provided at the other end of the waveguide and the clad, wherein
both a flat upper surface of the upper clad and a flat lower surface of the lower clad are formed in uniform inclined surfaces with respect to the waveguide, wherein
a thickness of the clad in a direction perpendicular to the waveguide is thinner on a side of the emission end surface than on a side of the incident end surface, and a distance between the flat upper surface of the upper clad and the flat lower surface of the lower clad uniformly and gradually decreases from the incident end surface to the emission end surface.