US 2001/0026660 A1 · Optical device, optical communication component and optical transmission apparatus

Abstract

An optical device, has at least two first optical components; a second optical component placed between the first optical components, or at an intersection point of optical axes to be formed by the first optical components; and a placement member for placing the first optical component and the second optical component, wherein the placement member has at least a groove portion for placing the first optical component, and each portion of the first optical component and each portion of the groove portion have such a shape and size that optical axes to be formed by the first optical components are positioned within the same plane respectively in a state in which the first optical components are all placed on the groove portion.

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Dependent claims

An optical device, comprising:

at least two first optical components;
a second optical component placed between said first optical components, or at an intersection point of optical axes to be formed by said first optical components;
and
a placement member for placing said first optical component and said second optical component,
wherein said placement member has at least a groove portion for placing said first optical component, and
each portion of said first optical component and each portion of said groove portion have such a shape and size that optical axes to be formed by said first optical components are positioned within the same plane respectively in a state in which said first optical components are all placed on said groove portion.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/812,842Filed 21 Mar 2001

Priority

JP 2000-08062022 Mar 2000

Published

4 Oct 2001

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G02B 6/12007
Of the integrated circuit kind: forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer
G02B 6/3636
Characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means: the mechanical coupling means being grooves
G02B 6/3652
Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures: the additional structures being prepositioning…
G02B 6/266
With optical elements between opposed fibre ends which perform a function other than beam splitting: the optical element being an attenuator

Optical device, optical communication component and optical transmission apparatus

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Optical device, optical communication component and optical transmission apparatus

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Abstract

Claims32