INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to an integrated semiconductor optical device comprising: a) an optical element (2), b) a housing (3) around said optical element (2), c) a glass window (51, 52) in said housing (3) allowing a light beam (71, 72) to pass through. In order to integrate the optics and the semiconductor optical device, while avoiding a difficult alignment procedure when using discrete lenses, the integrated semiconductor optical device according to the present invention further comprises a lens (61, 62) associated with said glass window (51, 52), said lens (61, 62) being directly replicated on the surface of said glass window (51, 52) outside said housing (3) by means of a replication method comprising the steps of: 1) filling a gap between the glass window and a mould with a liquid light-transmissive polymeric material, 2) curing the polymeric material to obtain said lens, and 3) removing the mould.