Connecting and aligning optical fibres and waveguides
US4744619A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 17, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4239
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To make a low loss connection between the core (5) of a single mode optical fibre (1) and a waveguide (2) on a waveguide substrate (3), a support block (4) which straddles the waveguide (2) is mounted on the waveguide substrate (3). The end-face (6) of the optical fibre (1) is fixed to both the waveguide substrate (3) and the support block (4) with transparent, light curable, adhesive (8). The support block (4) may be affixed to the substrate (3) with the same adhesive as is used to fix the optical fibre (1) to the substrate (3).
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