Dual row optical fiber array
US9025254B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3672
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fiber array for receiving a plurality of light-guiding fibers has a substrate with V grooves for guiding light-guiding fibers. These are fixed inside the V grooves by covers. In order to achieve a better utilization of space, the light-guiding fibers are disposed in two planes. To this end, first fibers in V grooves are fixed on the surface of the substrate in one plane. Second fibers are fixed by V grooves in recesses between the first fibers in a second parallel plane. Here a processing of the substrate may be done without changing clamping or re-clamping of the substrate. Particularly small production tolerances can be achieved by this means.
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