Patent ID: 6748156
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A method for connecting plural optical waveguides to plural optical fibers, the plural optical waveguides being arranged side by side in an optical waveguide circuit device warped in a curved shape, the method comprising:inserting plural optical fibers into plural arranging guide grooves formed side by side in a guide substrate of an optical fiber array device; warping the optical fiber array device to substantially match with the curved shape of the optical waveguide circuit device by a contraction stress caused by hardening of an adhesive for attaching the guide substrate to a cap plate for attachment and fixing; and optically connecting the plural optical waveguides to the plural optical fibers, respectively, by facing a connection terminal surface of the optical waveguide circuit device to a connection terminal surface of the optical fiber array device each other in the curved shape such that an axial deviation between the plural optical waveguides and the plural optical fibers corresponding thereto is made smaller.