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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yoichi Taira, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical device and a method of manufacturing an optical device. The optical device includes: a conversion means for converting propagation light propagating through an optical waveguide into parallel light and for outputting the parallel light; and a first lens means for focusing the parallel light outputted from the conversion means on a core of an optical fiber. The method includes: converting propagation light propagating through an optical waveguide into parallel light; outputting the parallel light; and focusing, using a first lens, the parallel light on a core of an optical fiber.