PACKING METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND PACKING BODY OF THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packing method of an optical waveguide which suppresses occurrence of breakage of the optical waveguide and can transport while maintaining performance of the optical waveguide.SOLUTION: A packing method is for an optical waveguide 20 including one or more core patterns 21 and a clad layer 22 for embedding the core patterns 21. The optical waveguide 20 has an approximate columnar shape including a first main surface 35 and a second main surface 36 approximately opposite in a Z direction and side surfaces which connect the first main surface 35 and the second main surface 36 in an approximately vertical direction. The optical waveguide 20 includes a side surface light input/output part 23 which is formed on at least a part of the side surface, and makes light enter to the core pattern 21 and light that transmits through the core pattern 21 emits. The packing method includes a process of packing the optical waveguide 20 so that the side surface light input/output part 23 does not contact with a packing member 40 for packing them.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1