Patent ID: 6052500
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical device without optical axis adjustment based on optical measurement, composed of an optical waveguide part (1) obtained by perpendicularly cutting an optically-transparent polymer film having a glass substrate attached thereto and having a refractive index distribution formed, in a predetermined position measured from the position of the refractive index distribution as a reference, and a holder part (2) for holding the optical waveguide part (1) in a predetermined position, the holder part (2) having a horizontal guide surface (2H) and a vertical guide surface (2V), the optical waveguide part (1) having a glass substrate surface or a polymer film surface coherently attached to the horizontal guide surface (2H) of the holder part (2), and the optical waveguide part (1) having a perpendicularly cut surface coherently attached to the vertical guide surface (2V) of the holder part (2), and wherein the holder part (2) has guide holes or guide surfaces for joining an optical fiber array, which is to be coupled with the optical waveguide part (1), to a predetermined position.