Patent · US Expired

Apparatus, assembly, and method for making micro-fixtured lensed assembly for optoelectronic devices and optical fibers

US6483969B1 · kind B1 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignee

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

Daniel Yap · Thousand Oaks, US
Anson Au · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 1999
Grant date	Nov 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4249
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for aligning an optical fiber to an optoelectronic element. The optical fiber and optoelectronic element are attached to a base. The base is made from a first crystallographic orientation material, and a lens is made from a second crystallographic orientation material. The lens is aligned to the base using the crystallographic orientations, and the optical fiber and optoelectronic element are aligned to the base/lens assembly.

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