In an SOA array optical module, the central axis of a beam output from
each intra-SOA waveguide is oblique by 22.3 degrees to a normal to an end
face of an SOA array on the output side (the same applies to the input
side) of the SOA array having intra-SOA waveguides of 8 channels. First
and second lens arrays are arranged for the SOA array so that the central
axis of the beam that is output obliquely by 22.3 degrees from the SOA
array, the optical axis of a lens convex part of each channel of the
first lens array, and the optical axis of a lens convex part of each
channel of the second lens array agree with one another. Level
differences are provided respectively on faces opposite to the lens
convex parts of the first and the second lens arrays.