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GB2195785B - Alignment of optical fibres with integrated optical device - Google Patents

Alignment of optical fibres with integrated optical device

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Publication number
GB2195785B
GB2195785B GB8713829A GB8713829A GB2195785B GB 2195785 B GB2195785 B GB 2195785B GB 8713829 A GB8713829 A GB 8713829A GB 8713829 A GB8713829 A GB 8713829A GB 2195785 B GB2195785 B GB 2195785B
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Prior art keywords
alignment
optical
fibres
integrated
optical device
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB8713829A
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GB8713829D0 (en
GB2195785A (en
Inventor
Nicholas John Parsons
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General Electric Co PLC
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General Electric Co PLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3801—Permanent connections, i.e. wherein fibres are kept aligned by mechanical means
    • G02B6/3803—Adjustment or alignment devices for alignment prior to splicing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2821—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/30—Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
    • G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3684—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier
    • G02B6/3688—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier using laser ablation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3684—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier
    • G02B6/3692—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier with surface micromachining involving etching, e.g. wet or dry etching steps

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB8713829A 1986-06-12 1987-06-12 Alignment of optical fibres with integrated optical device Expired - Fee Related GB2195785B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08614286A GB2191601A (en) 1986-06-12 1986-06-12 Alignment of arrays of optical waveguides

Publications (3)

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GB8713829D0 GB8713829D0 (en) 1987-07-15
GB2195785A GB2195785A (en) 1988-04-13
GB2195785B true GB2195785B (en) 1990-05-23

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GB08614286A Withdrawn GB2191601A (en) 1986-06-12 1986-06-12 Alignment of arrays of optical waveguides
GB8713829A Expired - Fee Related GB2195785B (en) 1986-06-12 1987-06-12 Alignment of optical fibres with integrated optical device
GB8914729A Expired - Fee Related GB2219414B (en) 1986-06-12 1989-06-27 Clamping optical fibre having a flat in its cross-section

Family Applications Before (1)

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GB08614286A Withdrawn GB2191601A (en) 1986-06-12 1986-06-12 Alignment of arrays of optical waveguides

Family Applications After (1)

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GB8914729A Expired - Fee Related GB2219414B (en) 1986-06-12 1989-06-27 Clamping optical fibre having a flat in its cross-section

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Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB8614286D0 (en) 1986-07-16
GB8713829D0 (en) 1987-07-15
GB2219414A (en) 1989-12-06
GB8914729D0 (en) 1989-08-16
GB2195785A (en) 1988-04-13
GB2191601A (en) 1987-12-16
GB2219414B (en) 1990-05-23

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