Optical transmitter and receiver module

Abstract

To provide an optical transmitter and receiver module which can enhance a coupling efficiency between a laser diode and an optical fiber, and can enhance a photo-electrical conversion efficiency of light outgoing from an optical fiber in a photodiode, an optical transmitter and receiver module which is connected to an optical fiber and transmits a first light and receives a second light via the optical fiber, and this module comprises a light source emitting the first light, a light-receiving section receiving the second light, a diffraction device changing the direction of travel of at least one of the first light and the second light, a first lens which condenses the first light, outgoing from the light source and entering through the medium of the diffraction device, onto a light input/output face of the optical fiber and condenses the second light outgoing from the optical fiber onto the light-receiving section through the medium of the diffraction device, and a second lens which inhibits a beam of the first light outgoing from the light source from diverging and allows it to enter the first lens through the medium of the diffraction device.

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