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US 2001/0055460 A1Published application
Two-dimensional array for rotational alignment of polarization maintaining optical fiber
OwnerDan A. Steinberginventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical device having a passive alignment frame with an opening therethrough. The opening has a non-circular cross-sectional shape, and a polarization maintaining optical fiber is disposed in the opening. The polarization maintaining optical fiber is rotationally aligned in the opening and the rotational alignment is maintained. The polarization maintaining optical fiber also has a non-circular cross-sectional shape, which may or may not match the non-circular cross-sectional shape of the opening.
Claims19
An optical device, comprising:
- A passive alignment frame having an opening therethrough, said opening having a non-circular cross-sectional shape;
- and
- a polarization maintaining fiber disposed in said opening, said polarization maintaining fiber having a non-circular cross-sectional shape.
An optical device, comprising:
- A passive alignment frame having at least two openings therethrough, each of said openings having a non-circular cross-sectional shape;
- and
- a polarization maintaining fiber disposed in each of said openings, each of said polarization maintaining fibers having a non-circular cross-sectional shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.