Method for fabricating fiber arrays with precision fiber core-to-core pitch and height
US6409395B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4249
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fiber array apparatus and formation method mitigates or eliminates height offset and/or angular offset of the respective fiber cores in the array. In one aspect, the fibers are mounted in the array such that the respective core-to-clad offset axes of the fibers, defined between the fiber core center and the cladding center of each fiber, are substantially parallel. In another aspect, the plurality of fibers are cut from the same fiber spool, ensuring consistency in cladding outer diameter. In this manner, precision in core-to-core pitch and consistency in core-to-core height are achieved in the fiber array.
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