Patent ID: 7421002
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G02B,H01S

Abstract:
1. A laser-induced optical wiring apparatus comprising: a substrate; a first light-reflecting member and a second light-reflecting member, which are provided on the substrate separately from each other; an optical waveguide provided on the substrate, the optical waveguide optically coupling the first light-reflecting member and the second light-reflecting member to form an optical resonator of a laser oscillator; an optical gain member provided across a portion of the optical waveguide and forming a laser oscillator along with the first light-reflecting member and the second light-reflecting member; and an optical switch provided across a portion of the optical waveguide separately from the optical gain member, the optical switch performing a switching operation to change a loss of an optical path extending between the first light-reflecting member and the second light-reflecting member in accordance with an input signal to change a laser oscillation state of the laser oscillator, wherein the optical gain member detects a change in the laser oscillation state of the laser oscillator.