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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Kimio Tatsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yoshida, Kokubunji, JP;
Kazuyuki Fukuda, Chiyoda, JP;
Hiroshi Naka, Komoro, JP;
Satoru Kikuchi, Saku, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical communication equipment includes a semiconductor laser element, an image-forming element, an optical fiber and a substrate for mounting the semiconductor laser element, the image-forming element and the optical fiber. An optical output of the semiconductor laser element is adapted to be provided to the optical fiber via the image-forming element. The image-forming element is mounted in a V-groove formed in the substrate and having a substantially “V”-shaped cross-section. A shortest distance between a light spot of the semiconductor laser element and an optical axis of the image-forming element is 1 mm at most and the image-forming element substantially satisfies the sine condition.