An optical coupling device capable of reducing a production cost thereof and
enhancing
a utilization factor of light is provided. The optical coupling device includes:
a light outgoing member, having an array of a plurality of light outgoing portions,
for allowing light to go out of each of the light outgoing portions; a light incoming
member having a plurality of light incoming portions arrayed so as to correspond
to the light outgoing portions; and an optical lens array having a plurality of
optical lens portions arrayed on a lens substrate so as to correspond to the light
outgoing portions, wherein a light ray having gone out of each light outgoing portion
is coupled to the corresponding light incoming portion by the optical lens array.
As one example, the light outgoing member is a light emitting device array and
the light incoming member is an array of optical fibers. As another example, the
light outgoing member is an array of optical fibers and the light incoming member
is a light receiving device array. As a further example, part of each of the light
outgoing member and light incoming member is an array of optical fibers and the
rest thereof is a light-emitting/light-receiving device array.