Optical module and method of assembling the optical module

摘要

There are provided an optical module in which an assembling process of its optical coupling part can be simplified, and a method of assembling the optical module. After a surface light receiving type (12) or a surface light emitting type optical element (12) has been mounted on a substrate (13), an optical fiber array (18) is mounted to the substrate (13) with a spacer (17) or spacers (17) interposed between the substrate (13) and the optical fiber array (18). The optical fiber array (18) is mounted and fixed to the substrate (13) with the spacer (17) or spacers (17) interposed therebetween while alignment between a plurality of light receiving elements (12) or light emitting elements (12) and the end surfaces of a plurality of optical fibers of the optical fiber array (18) is being carried out by image recognition thereof. <IMAGE>