Optical waveguide, optical waveguide module, and electronic apparatus
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsYukari Terakawa, Hayami Hosokawa
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AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsYukari Terakawa, Hayami Hosokawa
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A light guide includes a core and a clad made of a material having an index of refraction different from an index of refraction of the core and covering the core, in which at least one of a light incident surface or a light exit surface of the core is arranged while shifted in parallel without changing respective inclined angles so that the inclined surface is divided into a plurality of inclined surfaces parallel in a longitudinal direction (X direction) of the rectangular shape in the orthogonal projection and the plurality of inclined surfaces closer to the light emitting portion are positioned in a direction (Z direction) of moving away from the end face to be in a shape extending in the direction (Z direction) of moving away from the end face in a stepwise manner as a whole.
A light guide comprising a core made of a material having translucency and a clad made of a material having an index of refraction different from an index of refraction of the core and surrounding a periphery of the core, a light incident surface and a light exit surface, which are end faces of the core and the clad, being formed as inclined surfaces so that an orthogonal projection to a plane orthogonal to an extending direction of the light guide has a rectangular shape and being inclined at a predetermined angle in a direction of moving away from the end face, a light applied from a light source being introduced into the core by being reflected at the light incident surface and a light transmitted through the core being exit to outside by being reflected at the light exit surface;
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