Optical integrated lens/grating coupling device

• US 5,513,289 A
• Filed: 08/22/1994
• Issued: 04/30/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co. (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co. (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: Hosokawa, Hayami, Yamashita, Tsukasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Healy, Brian
• Application Number:
  US08/293,658
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 385/33, 385/37, 385/14, 385/27, 385/39, 385/50, 385/51, 385/80, 385/129, 385/130, 385/131, 385/132, 385/141, 385/143, 385/145
• US Class Current: 385/33
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/08 with discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lens diffractive Fresnel lenses G02B5/1876
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/1245 Geodesic lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/2817 using reflective elements to split or combine optical signals
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/2848 having refractive means, e.g. imaging elements between light guides as splitting, branching and/or combining devices, e.g. lenses, holograms
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/32 having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends with lens being an integral part of the single fibre end G02B6/262
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4206 Optical features G02B6/4207, G02B6/421 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 430/146 Laser beam

Abstract

An optical device manufacturing method includes a step of accumulating an optical device inorganic material on a stamper by use of a vacuum thin-film growing method, and a step of removing the accumulated material from the stamper, thereby producing an optical device.

Claims

1. An optical device comprising:

an optical device element having an optically functional pattern defined by a depression and a projection on a surface thereof;

a layer having a flat outer surface and formed on said surface of said optical device element with a material having a refractive index different from a refractive index of a material of said optical device element; and

wherein said layer is formed with photosetting resin.

2. An optical device comprising:

an optical device element having an optically functional pattern defined by a depression and a projection on a surface thereof;

a layer having a flat outer surface and formed on said surface of said optical device element with a material having a refractive index different from a refractive index of a material of said optical device element; and

a second optical device element formed on said flat outer surface of said layer, said second optical device element having an optically functional pattern defined by a depression and a projection on a surface thereof.

3. An optical device according to claim 2, wherein said second optical device element is a grating.

4. An optical device according to claim 2, wherein said second optical device element is a Fresnel lens.

5. An optical device according to claim 2, wherein said second optical device element is a micro lens.

6. An optical device according to claim 2, wherein said second optical device element is a lens array.

7. An optical device according to claim 2, wherein said second optical device element has a blazed type pattern.

8. An optical device according to claim 2, wherein said second optical device element has a step type pattern.

9. An optical device comprising:

an optical device element having an optically functional pattern defined by a depression and a projection on a surface thereof; and

a transparent substrate having a flat outer surface and adhered on said surface of said optical device element by an adhesive layer of a material having a refractive index different from a refractive index of a material of said optical device element.

10. An optical device according to claim 9, wherein said optical device element is a grating.

11. An optical device according to claim 9, wherein said optical device element is a Fresnel lens.

12. An optical device according to claim 9, wherein said optical device element is a micro lens.

13. An optical device according to claim 9, wherein said optical device element is a lens array.

14. An optical device according to claim 9, wherein said depression and projection pattern is of a blazed type.

15. An optical device according to claim 9, wherein said depression and projection pattern is of a step type.

16. An optical device according to claim 9, wherein said adhesive layer is formed with photosetting resin.

17. An optical device according to claim 9, further comprising a second optical device element formed on said flat outer surface of said transparent substrate.

18. An optical device according to claim 17, wherein said second optical device element is a grating.

19. An optical device according to claim 17, wherein said second optical device element is a Fresnel lens.

20. An optical device according to claim 17, wherein said second optical device element is a micro lens.

21. An optical device according to claim 17, wherein said second optical device element is a lens array.

22. An optical device according to claim 17, wherein said second optical device element has a blazed type pattern.

23. An optical device according to claim 17, wherein said optical device element has a step type pattern.

24. An optical device, comprising:

a first optical device element having an optically functional pattern defined by a depression and a projection on a surface thereof;

a second optical device element having a flat inner surface; and

a layer of a synthetic resin having a refractive index different from a refractive index of a material of said first optical device element and interposed between said first and second optical device elements so as to be in contact with said optically functional pattern of said first optical device element and said flat inner surface of said second optical device element.