| 摘要 |
An optical coupler and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The optical coupler includes an input optical waveguide and N output optical waveguides, and divides an optical signal received from the input optical waveguide into N optical signals. The optical coupler further includes a plurality of Y-junction optical waveguide modules configured in m stages, for branching the received optical signal into two optical signals at each stage, and a plurality of curved optical waveguides alternately connected to the Y-junction optical waveguide modules, at least one curved optical waveguide connected between Y-junction optical waveguide modules in the m-th stage and the output optical waveguides, wherein when the guiding direction of the optical signal is set to be the longitudinal axis, and the junction between the input optical waveguide and the first-stage Y-junction optical waveguide module is set to be the starting point, the positions and sizes of the Y-junction optical waveguide modules and the curved optical waveguides are determined in order to minimize the longest path among N paths ranging from the starting point to each of the output optical waveguides. An optical coupler is manufactured using Y-junction optical waveguide modules and connection optical waveguide modules, such that various Y-junction optical waveguide structures can be designed. Also, the degree of freedom upon layout of modules is increased, so that design of the optical coupler is easy.
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