Planar waveguide with patterned cladding and method for producing same

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PATENT NO 8994037
APP PUB NO 20120033912A1
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13231484

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Integrated optical waveguides and methods for the production thereof which have a patterned upper cladding with a defined opening to allow at least one side or at least one end of a light transmissive element to be air clad. The at least one side or at least one end is, for preference, a lens structure unitary with the waveguide or a bend. Also provided is a method of fabricating an optical waveguide with a patterned cladding.

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ZETTA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LLC - RPO SERIES2711 CENTERVILLE ROAD SUITE 400 WILMINGTON DE 19808

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Charters, Robert Bruce Palmerston, AU 14 654
Kukulj, Dax Kingston, AU 33 1051
Maxwell, Ian Andrew Five Dock, AU 51 3360

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