Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer optical waveguide containing: a core; and a cladding having a refractive index lower than that of the core, provided around the core, in which the polymer optical waveguide has a core-coupling section where at least a part of the cladding is not present along a light propagation direction of the polymer optical waveguide and an application type removal film A provided so as to come into contact with the core of the core-coupling section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer optical waveguide containing: a core; and a cladding having a refractive index lower than that of the core, provided around the core, in which the polymer optical waveguide has a core-coupling section where at least a part of the cladding is not present along a light propagation direction of the polymer optical waveguide and an application type removal film A provided so as to come into contact with the core of the core-coupling section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite optical waveguide (1) containing a polymer optical waveguide and a silicon optical waveguide adiabatically coupled to each other, in which the polymer optical waveguide and the silicon optical waveguide are coupled to each other by an adhesive layer in an adiabatic-coupling portion where a core of the polymer optical waveguide and a core of the silicon optical waveguide are disposed to face each other, the adhesive layer is formed by using a photocurable adhesive having a glass transition point Tg being 125° C. or higher after curing, and the adiabatic-coupling portion includes a region in which a spacing t between the core of the polymer optical waveguide and the silicon optical waveguide is 1.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite optical waveguide (1) containing a polymer optical waveguide and a silicon optical waveguide adiabatically coupled to each other, in which the polymer optical waveguide and the silicon optical waveguide are coupled to each other by an adhesive layer in an adiabatic-coupling portion where a core of the polymer optical waveguide and a core of the silicon optical waveguide are disposed to face each other, the adhesive layer is formed by using a photocurable adhesive having a glass transition point Tg being 125° C. or higher after curing, and the adiabatic-coupling portion includes a region in which a spacing t between the core of the polymer optical waveguide and the silicon optical waveguide is 1.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device provided with a light reflection layer which has a high light reflectivity and which is less susceptible to deterioration of the reflectivity due to corrosion, and having an improved light extraction efficiency. A light-emitting device comprising a substrate having a conductor layer formed on its surface and a light-emitting element disposed on the conductor layer, characterized in that an overcoat layer is formed between the conductor layer and the light-emitting element, and the overcoat layer is a borosilicate glass which comprises, as represented by mol % based on oxides, from 62 to 84% of SiO2, from 10 to 25% of B2O3, from 0 to 5% of Al2O3 and from 0 to 5% in total of at least one of Na2O and K2O, provided that the total content of SiO2 and Al2O3 is from 62 to 84%, and may contain from 0 to 10% of MgO and at least one of CaO, SrO and BaO in a total content of at most 5%.

Abstract: To provide a substrate for mounting a light-emitting element having a reflectance increased since light which is transmitted through the substrate and leaks out in directions other than the direction from which the light enters is reduced, and having a reduced firing shrinkage in the plane direction. A substrate for mounting a light-emitting element of the present invention is made of a glass ceramic 10 containing glass 1 and a flat oxide type ceramic filler 2 having an average aspect ratio of at least 25 dispersed in the glass 1. The ceramic filler 2 is contained in a state where it is aligned in parallel with the plane direction of the substrate, and the glass ceramic 10 contains no crystals except for the ceramic constituting the filler. This substrate has an extremely high reflectance of at least 84% (thickness: 300 ?m) to light in the visible region.

Abstract: A ceramic material composition comprising from 20 to 50 mass % of a borosilicate glass powder, from 25 to 55 mass % of an alumina filler powder and from 10 to 45 mass % of a filler powder (a high refractive index filler powder) having a refractive index higher than the alumina filler powder, wherein the borosilicate glass powder comprises, as calculated as oxides, from 30 to 70 mass % of SiO2, from 5 to 28 mass % of B2O3, from 5 to 30 mass % of Al2O3, from 3 to 35 mass % of CaO, from 0 to 25 mass % of SrO, from 0 to 25 mass % of BaO, from 0 to 10 mass % of Na2O, from 0 to 10 mass % of K2O, from 0.5 to 10 mass % of Na2O+K2O and from 3 to 40 mass % of CaO+SrO+BaO, and satisfies the following conditions: in the borosilicate glass powder, as represented by mass %, the value of “three times the B2O3 content”+“twice (the CaO content+the SrO content+the BaO content)”+“ten times (the Na2O content+the K2O content)”, is within a range of from 105 to 165.

Abstract: A light-emitting device with excellent heat dissipation properties is provided having a conductor layer for light reflection with high light reflectance, less susceptibility to deterioration of the reflectance due to corrosion, and improved light extraction efficiency. The device contains a ceramic substrate having a lower ceramic layer, a conductor layer for light reflection formed on a desired area of the lower ceramic layer surface, an upper ceramic layer formed so as to cover at least a part of the conductor layer for light reflection, and a light-emitting element disposed on the upper side of the upper ceramic layer of the ceramic substrate, such that the upper ceramic layer has a thickness of from 5 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: To provide a substrate for mounting a light-emitting element, which is provided with a reflection layer having a high optical reflectance and being less susceptible to deterioration of the reflectance due to corrosion and which has an improved light extraction efficiency and heat dissipation property, and a light-emitting device employing such a substance. A substrate for mounting a light-emitting element, which comprises a substrate main body having a mounting surface on which a light-emitting element is to be mounted, a reflection layer formed on a part of the mounting surface of the substrate main body and containing silver, and a vitreous insulating layer formed on the reflection layer and composed of glass and a ceramic filler, wherein the vitreous insulating layer has a surface swell of at most 5 ?m in a span of 300 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device provided with a light reflection layer which has a high light reflectivity and which is less susceptible to deterioration of the reflectivity due to corrosion, and having an improved light extraction efficiency. A light-emitting device comprising a substrate having a conductor layer formed on its surface and a light-emitting element disposed on the conductor layer, characterized in that an overcoat layer is formed between the conductor layer and the light-emitting element, and the overcoat layer is a borosilicate glass which comprises, as represented by mol % based on oxides, from 62 to 84% of SiO2, from 10 to 25% of B2O3, from 0 to 5% of Al2O3 and from 0 to 5% in total of at least one of Na2O and K2O, provided that the total content of SiO2 and Al2O3 is from 62 to 84%, and may contain from 0 to 10% of MgO and at least one of CaO, SrO and BaO in a total content of at most 5%.

Abstract: A ceramic material composition comprising from 20 to 50 mass % of a borosilicate glass powder, from 25 to 55 mass % of an alumina filler powder and from 10 to 45 mass % of a filler powder (a high refractive index filler powder) having a refractive index higher than the alumina filler powder, wherein the borosilicate glass powder comprises, as calculated as oxides, from 30 to 70 mass % of SiO2, from 5 to 28 mass % of B2O3, from 5 to 30 mass % of Al2O3, from 3 to 35 mass % of CaO, from 0 to 25 mass % of SrO, from 0 to 25 mass % of BaO, from 0 to 10 mass % of Na2O, from 0 to 10 mass % of K2O, from 0.5 to 10 mass % of Na2O+K2O and from 3 to 40 mass % of CaO+SrO+BaO, and satisfies the following conditions: in the borosilicate glass powder, as represented by mass %, the value of “three times the B2O3 content”+“twice (the CaO content+the SrO content+the BaO content)”+“ten times (the Na2O content+the K2O content)”, is within a range of from 105 to 165.