The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an optical device, and to an optical device manufactured thereby, which involve using a substrate itself as a heat-dissipating plate, and adopting a substrate with vertical insulation layers formed thereon, such that electrode terminals do not have to be extruded out from a sealed space, and thus enabling the overall structure and manufacturing process for an optical device to be simplified.According to the present invention, a method for manufacturing a can package-type optical device comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a metal plate and a metal substrate with vertical insulation layers, wherein more than one vertical insulation layer crossing the substrate from the top surface to the bottom surface thereof are formed; (b) bonding the metal plate on the top surface of the metal substrate with vertical insulation layers; (c) forming a cavity on an intermediate product that has undergone step (b) in a form of a cylindrical pit having a predetermined depth reaching the surface of said metal substrate with vertical insulation layers by passing through said metal plate and the adhesive layers formed by said bonding, wherein said cavity contains said vertical insulation layer in the bottom wall thereof; (e) connecting a wire, which electrically connects an optical device and an electrode of the optical device together, to either side of the surface of the bottom wall of the vertical insulation layers of the cavity, respectively; and (g) sealing the cavity by means of a protective plate made from a light-transmitting material; and a can cap, formed as a picture frame whose top central portion and the bottom are open and encompassing the perimeter of the protective plate.