patent · US7421159
Integral pre-aligned micro-optical systems
2 September 2008
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Abstract
An accurate and inexpensive integral micro-optical system for coupling and aligning optical fibers with other optical components, such as other optical fibers, diffusers, beam shapers, beam splitters, mirrors, or lenses is disclosed. The micro-optical coupler disclosed comprises one or more fiberport collimators and one or more microlens arrays, optically aligned during fabrication so that an optical fiber, or other source of light, was coupled to another optical fiber, or ot...
Provenance
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- Cited prior art
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- Filed
- 2006-12-08
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2008-09-02
- Inventors
- Ren Yang; Steven Soper; Wanjun Wang; Louisiana State University