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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ryuji Komeda, Kashihara, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/13 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/13 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical module for light path conversion, which is used in the fields of optical communications, optical information processing and the like. The optical module of the present invention comprises a surface light emitting element and a light path converting reflective body formed from single-crystal silicon, which has an inclined face on which a light-reflecting film is formed, and is constructed by causing the light that is emitted from the surface light emitting element to be subjected to a light path conversion by the inclined face.