| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of connecting a first encapsulated optical element and a second optical element. <P>SOLUTION: In the method of connecting a first optical device 100 in which a waveguide 101 is processed and formed in a body of a photopolymerizable composition and a second optical device 102 having a glass fiber core 112 surrounded by cladding, the end 118 of the glass fiber core is in substantial alignment with the end 104 of the waveguide, and when laser light pulses 122 and 124 are made incident on the waveguide, the glass fiber core or both of them, light is transmitted through a region 110, and the portion of the region absorbs it and is photocured. The waveguide is thus completed, and the waveguide is optically coupled to a glass fiber. After it is coupled, the first optical device is subjected to blanket irradiation to photocure a matrix material 108 and form a protective encapsulating matrix around the waveguide. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
