US Patent 12072528 Optical multiplexing circuit

An optical beam combiner circuit includes a plurality of branch portions configured to divide optical beams output from a plurality of input waveguides, a combiner unit configured to combine optical beams, each of the optical beams being one of the divided optical beams obtained by one of the plurality of branch portions, an output waveguide configured to output an optical beam obtained by the combiner unit combining the optical beams, a plurality of monitoring waveguides configured to output optical beams, each of the optical beams being another of the divided optical beams obtained by one of the plurality of branch portions, and a plurality of light-blocking grooves provided on both sides with respect to each input waveguide, the plurality of light-blocking grooves being positioned to enable stray light not coupled to the plurality of input waveguides to be reflected toward an end surface different from an exit end surface of each monitoring waveguide and also different from an exit end surface of the output waveguide.