OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE

摘要

This invention provides optical waveguide, transmitting, and receiving devices and methods that enables bidirectional communication. Formed on an optical waveguide near a first end (A-side) to cross a direction of light propagation may be a trench-shaped space having a first boundary surface and a second boundary surface. The first boundary surface may internally reflect the light propagating through the optical waveguide from a second end (B-side) so that the reflected light may exit outward through a side surface of the optical waveguide. The transmitting light entering through an end surface on the A-side of the optical waveguide may pass through the second boundary surface and enter through the first boundary surface. In the optical waveguide formed on a substrate, the optical signal may be bidirectionally transmitted and received by a relatively simple constitution to achieve an increase in density of optical wiring.