An object of the invention is to provide an optical multiplexing method
and an optical multiplexer, capable of fixing lights of different
wavelengths at required wavelengths to stably multiplex them with a
simple optical circuit configuration. To this end, in the present optical
multiplexer, there is provided a tilted FBG, which is formed on an
optical fiber through which a first light is propagated, with a grating
direction thereof being tilted to an axial direction of the optical
fiber, and has the sufficiently high reflectance to a second light
(multiplexed light) of a wavelength different from that of the first
light. The multiplexed light emitted from a light source is irradiated to
the tilted FBG, via a free space from an angle direction determined
according to a grating pitch of the tilted FBG and the wavelength of the
multiplexed light, to be coupled within the optical fiber. Further, a low
reflective FBG reflecting light coupled within the optical fiber is
formed on the optical fiber, to achieve a resonance structure between the
low reflective FBG and the light source, thereby stabling the wavelength
of the multiplexed light.