Patent ID: 8913889

Claim:
An optical module for communication, comprising: two optical fibers that respectively input received signal light, and local light used to interfere with the signal light; an optical signal processing circuit, connected to the two optical fibers at one end, that causes the signal light and the local light input from the two optical fibers to interfere, and outputs the result from another end opposite the one end, and in addition, diverts a portion of the input signal light and outputs the diverted portion from a given site on the one end; a signal output unit that optoelectronically converts light output from the other end of the optical signal processing circuit, and outputs the result as one or more output signals; and a monitor PD, disposed on the light path of the signal light output from the given site on the one end of the optical signal processing circuit, that monitors the power of the diverted signal light; wherein the optical signal processing circuit includes a substrate, an optical waveguide layer made up of a core and a clad layer stacked on top of the substrate, and fixtures stacked on top of the clad layer on the one end, and is provided with alight shield member which spans the substrate, the clad layer, and the edge face of the fixture on the edge face of the optical signal processing circuit that faces the monitor PD, and which includes an aperture unit aligned with the given site where the diverted signal light is output.