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An optical device includes a plurality of first optical waveguides (or optical fibers) arranged in the horizontal direction; a plurality of second optical waveguides (or optical fibers) arranged on the same plane as the plane on which the first optical waveguides (or optical fibers) are arranged, the second optical waveguides (or optical fibers) being perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the first optical waveguides (or optical fibers); and elements to be excited by light rays waveguided in the first and second optical waveguides(or optical fibers), the elements being arranged at crossing portions at which the first and second optical waveguides (or optical fibers) cross each other. In this display, the elements to be excited are selected for each line by intensities of light rays in the first optical waveguides (or optical fibers) functioning as horizontal waveguides (or optical fibers), and light rays in the second waveguides (or optical fibers) functioning as vertical waveguides (or optical fibers) are modulated in intensity on the basis of data signals, and the data signal light rays whose intensities have been modulated are extracted to the outside via the selected elements to be excited.
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