The present invention relates to a multichannel optical path changing
device that is constituted of resin optical waveguides and mirrors and
that changes a direction of an optical path. This device has
monolithically formed cores having a mirror therebetween and optical path
directions changed, and has multichannel cores simultaneously formed
under a condition that their positional relationship is maintained. This
device can be produced by a first or second method. The first method
comprises steps of forming a parallelepiped block on a substrate by a
cladding resin; forming a film of a core layer to cover the block by a
core resin; and simultaneously forming cores having an optical path
direction rectangularly changed, by selectively etching the core layer
and the block. The second method comprises steps of forming a film of a
core layer on a substrate by a resin; and simultaneously forming a
plurality of cores having an optical path rectangularly changed, by
selectively etching the core layer, under a condition that their
positional relationship is maintained.