Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection
Patent
1993-12-03
1995-06-06
Gonzalez, Frank
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection
385 66, 385 73, G02B 638
Patent
active
054229707
ABSTRACT:
Improved ferrule alignment fixtures for use in fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) filters are provided. The inventive alignment fixtures have ferrule holders with shaped passageways for holding fiber-containing ferrules in three-point contact which allow fiber alignment using a rotary alignment technique.
The FFPs have a fiber ferrule assembly which when aligned in the inventive ferrule holder forms an optical cavity between mirrors transverse to the fiber in the ferrule assembly. Wavelength tunable FFPs have a piezoelectric transducer interposed between the ferrule holders which can be used to change the length of the optical cavity and tune the filter.
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Miller Calvin M.
Miller Jeffrey W.
Gonzalez Frank
Micron-Optics, Inc.
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