摘要:
An optical module comprises: a surface-type optical element having at least one of a light emitting face and a light receiving face on the back of a mounting face; an optical waveguide for transmitting light in the direction of a normal line of the mounting face; and a mounting portion having an element positioning portion for positioning the surface-type optical element and an optical waveguide positioning portion for positioning the optical waveguide, the mounting portion being mounted with the surface-type optical element and the optical waveguide.
摘要:
An optical waveguide includes: a center layer including at least two core layers whose edges are on substantially the same plane, and a first cladding layer provided between adjacent core layers; and a second cladding layer provided at least on both of front and rear surfaces of the center layer. At least surfaces of the core layer and the first cladding layer that are in contact with the second cladding layer include at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a resin having a hydroxyl group and a resin containing a silicon-silicon bond at a main chain thereof, and the second cladding layer includes a silicone resin.
摘要:
An optical substrate includes: a submount; a planar optical element which is mounted on the submount; a pair of positioning members which are disposed at an interval across the planar optical element on the submount; an optical waveguide in which a core and a clad are formed by a flexible material; and a holding member which holds the optical waveguide to allow a tip end of the optical waveguide to be inserted between the pair of positioning members, and the optical waveguide to be bent to extend parallel to the submount.
摘要:
A method of producing a polymer optical waveguide, the method including preparing a core-forming mold having a concave portion corresponding to at least one optical waveguide core, bringing a concave side of the core-forming mold into close contact with a flat substrate, filling a core-forming curable resin into the concave portion by suction and/or by utilizing a capillary phenomenon, curing the core-forming curable resin to form an optical waveguide core, and removing the optical waveguide core from the core-forming mold and the flat substrate.
摘要:
An optical waveguide comprises: a core for propagating light; a clad covering the core; and a line convex part extending along a line different from the core, the line convex part comprising a cavity used as a positioning mark inside the line convex part.
摘要:
An optical waveguide device includes: a waveguide core that guides light; a mirror surface that deflects light coming from the waveguide core by 90°; a main waveguide core that guides light deflected at the mirror surface; a waveguide core for monitoring that branches the light deflected at the mirror surface off from the main waveguide core, and guides the light in a different direction, the mirror surface being disposed at a branching portion of the waveguide core for monitoring; and a clad portion that surrounds the waveguide core, the main waveguide core and the waveguide core for monitoring.
摘要:
An optical waveguide film that can supply power at extremely low cost, and a light transmission and reception module using this film are provided.A macromolecular optical waveguide film is composed of a square-shaped waveguide core which extends in a film length direction, a conductive wires which extends in the film length direction and is arranged in parallel with the waveguide core, and a cladding which surrounds the waveguide core and the conductive wire. The two conductive wires are provided, and the waveguide core is provided between the two conductive wires.
摘要:
The invention provides a laminated optical waveguide film in which a plurality of waveguide cores are formed, and a plurality of end surfaces at which the waveguide cores are exposed are formed, wherein, among the plurality of end surfaces, a first end surface has waveguide core end surfaces laminated in a thickness direction, and a second end surface has waveguide core end surfaces arranged in parallel. The invention also provides a method for producing the optical guide film, and an optical module using the optical guide film.
摘要:
An optical waveguide module includes a light emitting element which outputs light, a light receiving element which monitors an output of the light emitting element, and an optical waveguide film having a waveguide core which has a notched portion having an optical path changing surface that changes an optical path of part of the light. The light emitting element is coupled to an end portion of the optical waveguide film, and the light receiving element is provided to face a position of the optical waveguide film from where the part of the light whose optical path has been changed by the optical path changing surface exits.
摘要:
The present invention provides an optical waveguide, which at least includes: a waveguide core having a cavity therein; and a clad which encloses the periphery of the waveguide core and has a smaller refractive index than the waveguide core, wherein the optical waveguide changes a direction of a part or all of propagated light by using a part or all of an interface between the waveguide core and the cavity as a reflecting surface. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing the optical waveguide, which at least includes: forming a core having a cavity therein on a substrate; applying an uncured clad material to a side surface and an upper portion of the core while maintaining the cavity which allows an atmospheric gas to be present in the cavity; and curing the clad material by heat or light to seal the gas in the cavity.