PACKAGE STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT AND FIBERS AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURE THEREOF

摘要

An optical element-optical fiber composite structure having a high resistance of the optical fiber to breakage due to cyclical change in temperature, includes a package structure having a main container, side containers attached to the main container and sleeves through which a main chamber of the main container is connected to side chambers of the side containers; an optical element housed in the main chamber; and optical fibers introduced into the main chamber through the side chambers and the sleeves and connected to the optical element. With respect to each sleeve, the center line of the hollow space of the sleeve intersects an axial line of a corresponding terminal of the optical element placed in the main chamber.