Hermaphroditic u-guide alignment structures and method thereof

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2007-03-13

2007-03-13

Font, Frank G. (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

With alignment device

C385S050000, C385S051000, C385S025000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10827136

ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a method of connecting an integrated optical waveguide circuit component to an optical fiber array. The invention includes the steps of: providing an integrated optical waveguide circuit component having an array of N wave guide ports for optical processing that contain a subset of u-waveguides (one or more) structures for optimizing optical alignment; providing an optical fiber array having an array of at least N optical fibers, and positioning the optical fiber array adjacent to the circuit component so that photons emitted from the optical fiber array ports are coupled into the respective individual corresponding u-waveguide port(s) and then back into the corresponding optical fiber coupling ends of the optical fiber array.

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