Optical fiber array assembly and method of making
US6873782B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3692
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A high density, optical fiber array includes etched silicon front and guide masks anodicly bonded to high temperature glass die plate and/or spacer. Optical fibers secured in the front plate holes have the same thermal expansion coefficient as the masks and die/spacer plates to reduce the need for certain epoxy interplate zones which would have a different thermal expansion coefficient. Methods and a system for making the mask/plate stack are also disclosed along with various plate stacking arrangements and the front plate anodicly bonded to a glass lens array.
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