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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Isao Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Nido, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal contraction stress and a residual contraction stress caused by a difference between the linear expansion coefficients of an optical element unit and a carrier are reduced as much as possible. An optical module includes an optical element unit including optical elements requiring a stress control, and a carrier which supports the optical element unit. As the carrier is made of a material having the same property as that of the substrate material of the optical element, the thermal contraction stress is reduced.