Patent ID: 9535225
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical device comprising: a light guide configured to guide light; an optical element comprising an end face, the end face of the optical element facing an end face of the light guide, the optical element being configured to function by being irradiated with the light guided by the light guide through the end face of the optical element; and a holder including an internal cavity, the internal cavity comprising: wherein a surface defining the first portion at a junction connecting the first portion and the second portion is not parallel to a surface defining the second portion at the junction in a cross-section of the holder; the holder is configured to hold the light guide and the optical element in the first portion and the second portion, respectively, of the internal cavity, so that the light guide and the optical element are coupled optically in the internal cavity; and the first portion and the second portion are communicatively connected inside the internal cavity.