| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the optical/mechanical reliability of connection between a fiber introduced into a package and a waveguide optical element, in an optical component for storing a waveguide optical element in the package.SOLUTION: This optical component includes the waveguide optical element 430 having a waveguide 431, the package 420 for storing an optical element 430, and a first fiber 411 and second fiber 412 that are introduced into the package 420 and are connected to the optical element 430 via a holding part 440. The first fiber 411 is optically coupled to the waveguide 431, and the second fiber 412 is not coupled to it. The first fiber 411 is bent similarly to the fiber 210 of a conventional optical component shown in Fig.3. The optical component 400 further includes the second fiber 412 whose bent shape is symmetrical with that of the first fiber 411 with respect to the optical axis direction of the waveguide optical element 430. The shearing stress resulting from the bending of the first fiber 411 offsets the shearing stress resulting from the bending of the second fiber 412. |
