Patent ID: 7560055

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an optical module comprising: inserting an end of an optical waveguide into a mold in a horizontal direction; putting at least one optical device into the mold through an opening of the mold; holding detachably an optical waveguide and the at least one optical device by a mold, the optical waveguide and the at least one optical device being held separately from each other by the mold at a fixed distance; introducing an uncured light curable resin into the mold and holding the uncured light-curable resin in the mold; emitting a light beam at a wavelength adapted to harden the curable resin, from an other end of the optical waveguide into the mold, thereby to form a core which extends from the end of the optical waveguide inserted into the mold, to the at least one optical device; connecting the optical waveguide by the core directly to the at least one optical device held by the mold; opening a drain port in a bottom of the mold, to drain an uncured part of the light curable resin from the drain port; releasing said at least one optical device connected by the core from the mold, and introducing a cladding material into the mold; curing the cladding material; and removing an optical module including the optical waveguide and the at least one optical device integrated by the cladding material out of the mold, wherein the optical device comprises at least one of a light emitting device, a light receiving device, a light modulating device and a photo-coupler.