Patent ID: 9429711
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G02B,G03F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An optical device, comprising: a substrate including a waveguide array formed therein, each waveguide having a reflective surface; a lens array unit including a waveguide-side lens array arranged facing the waveguide array so each lens of the lens array is aligned with the corresponding reflective surface; and a connector unit including an optical transmission path-side lens array arranged and fixed so each lens of the lens array is aligned with the corresponding lens in the waveguide-side lens array, the plurality of inserted optical transmission paths aligned with the corresponding lens in the optical transmission path-side lens array; wherein the substrate and lens array unit each include a substrate-side portion and lens array-side portion constituting an alignment mechanism aligning the waveguide-side lens array, each lens of the waveguide-side lens array being aligned with the corresponding reflective surface by the alignment mechanism; and wherein the substrate-side portion is formed using a core material of the waveguides.