摘要:
An optical waveguide includes: a lower substrate; a waveguide core that is formed on the lower substrate; a clad that is formed to surround a periphery of the waveguide core; and an upper substrate that is opposed to the lower substrate, wherein the waveguide cores, the lower substrate and the upper substrate surround a cavity extended along the waveguide core.
摘要:
An optical waveguide includes: a lower substrate; a waveguide core that is formed on the lower substrate; a clad that is formed to surround a periphery of the waveguide core; and an upper substrate that is opposed to the lower substrate, wherein the waveguide cores, the lower substrate and the upper substrate surround a cavity extended along the waveguide core.
摘要:
A lens-incorporating optical waveguide includes: a core; a clad enclosing the cores; and a lens provided in the core so as to cross a propagating direction of light.
摘要:
A flexible optical waveguide having a core in which light propagates; and a cladding portion with a smaller refractive index than the core, that surrounds the core, wherein the flexible optical waveguide has a flexible portion between both end portions thereof, and at least one end portion of the both end portions is more solid than the flexible portion, is provided, which flexible optical waveguide, while assuring flexibility, can be mounted with high accuracy.
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:
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:
A light transmission and reception module includes: a belt-shaped macromolecular optical waveguide film having an optical waveguide, an optical transmitter having a light emitting element and a first sub-mount for holding the light emitting element, for holding one end of the macromolecular optical waveguide film on the first sub-mount so that a light emitted from the light emitting element may be coupled to an incident end surface of the optical waveguide, and an optical receiver having a light detecting element and a second sub-mount for holding the light detecting element, for holding the other end of the macromolecular optical waveguide film on the second sub-mount so that the light emitted from an exit end surface of the optical waveguide may be received in the light detecting element.
摘要:
A flexible optical element useful for optical wiring is provided, in which a light emitting portion is disposed to a core end face of a flexible polymeric optical waveguide channel sheet having a film substrate clad, a core and a clad layer covering the core. A method which enables of manufacturing the optical element in a simple and convenient manner at a low cost is also provided.
摘要:
The invention provides a method for producing a polymer optical waveguide equipped with a plurality of alignment marks (AM), which comprises bringing a film substrate into contact with a mold having concave portions corresponding to convex portions for the optical waveguide and convex portions for a plurality of AMs, introducing a curable resin from an end of the mold into concave portions, curing the resin, peeling the mold, and forming a cladding layer on a core/AM-forming surface, or bringing a film substrate into contact with the mold having concave portions corresponding to convex portions for the optical waveguide and notches, introducing the curable resin from an end of the mold into the concave portion, curing the resin, applying a material for AM to the film substrate through the notches and, thereafter, forming the cladding layer on the core/AM-forming surface.