Silica-based optical wave guide circuit and fabrication method thereof

摘要

A silica-based optical waveguide circuit serves to reduce the time required to production while allowing a spot size converting function to work sufficiently. In a silica-based optical waveguide circuit comprising an input/output waveguide core (13b) formed to be thicker than an waveguide core (13a) and a tapered portion for connecting the input/output waveguide core (13b) and the waveguide core (13a), wherein the waveguide circuit further has a core layer (13) at each side of the input/output waveguide core(13b), a thickness T of the core layer (13) at the side of the input/output waveguide core (13b) is smaller than the thickness H of the input/output waveguide core (13b). <IMAGE>