Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
Patent
1993-06-01
1994-08-09
Gonzalez, Frank
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
385 54, 385 75, 385 86, 385 89, 385 92, 385136, 385137, 385139, G02B 642
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
A mount for supporting a silicon v-groove array that contains delicate opal fibers. Optical fibers are arranged in a planar silicon v-groove array to form a focal plane array, which is connected to a first L-bracket. The focal plane array and the first L-bracket combination are attached to a second L-bracket via a shock/vibration isolation pad. The second L-bracket includes an extended cylinder which is threaded so that a strain relief can be screwed directly into the second L-bracket and the fibers extending out the first L-bracket can be fed through the second L-bracket and directly into a monocoil. The second L-bracket also includes space to attach front, side and top covers over the focal plane array. In a related method, the silicon v-groove array is epoxied to the first L-bracket. After preparation of the focal plane array, e.g. polishing of the fibers, is completed, the focal plane array/first bracket combination is connected to the second L-bracket, with the pad therebetween. The covers are then attached to the L-bracket.
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Optical Engineering, vol. 25, No. 10, Oct. 1986, Cover and pp. 1076, 1082.
Behrmann Gregory P.
Potter William
Smith Dale
Dynda Frank J.
Gonzalez Frank
Krosnick Freda L.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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