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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A two-dimensional optical element array with a high alignment precision of optical elements on a substrate and a high long-term reliability is provided. A two-dimensional optical fiber array includes a stacked plurality of optical fiber array units each having an optical fiber and a substrates, the substrate having one or more grooves each suited to a profile of the optical fiber on one of surfaces thereof, and one or more optical fibers being aligned and fixed in grooves, and is characterized in that optical fiber array units are stacked in a state such that surfaces of the substrates among adjacent two units out of the plurality of array units that face each other do not directly contact each other, and the adjacent two units do not have a direct mechanical influence on each other.