Provided is a polymeric optical device comprising a substrate, a lower cladding
layer formed on the substrate, at least one core layer pattern formed on a predetermined
region of the lower cladding layer and an upper cladding layer having at least
two sub-upper cladding layers and formed on the lower cladding layer in which the
core layer pattern is formed, and a method of fabricating the same, whereby birefringence
of a polymeric optical device could be improved and polarization dependence could
be reduced by adjusting the thickness of the sub-upper cladding layer and the number
of stacks thereof.