Fiber bundle alignment
AssigneeSpectra-Physics, Inc.
InventorCameron Mitchell
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Abstract
A fiber optic clamp assembly for use with an ultra-precision translation stage to precisely align a fiber optical bundle with a laser diode mounted in a sealable enclosure, comprising a housing for receiving the fiber bundle, a flexible seal positionable between said housing and said enclosure; and a pressure collar for urging the seal against the enclosure, said collar being freely movable within the housing so as not to load the translation stage when the housing is being moved by the translation stage to align said bundle with said laser diode and thereafter being movable to compress the flexible seal without disturbing the alignment.
Claims10
A fiber optic clamp assembly for precisely aligning a fiber bundle with a laser diode in a sealable enclosure, comprising:
- a housing for receiving a fiber bundle,
- a gasket seal positionable between said housing and said enclosure;
- and
- a pressure collar, said pressure collar for urging said seal against said enclosure, said collar being free to move within said housing when said housing is made up to said enclosure after alignment of said bundle with said laser diode.
A fiber optic clamp assembly for use with an ultra-precision translation stage to align a fiber optical bundle with a laser diode mounted in a sealable enclosure, comprising:
- a housing for receiving a fiber bundle, said housing being movable by said translation stage relative to said sealable enclosure;
- a compressible seal positionable between said housing and said enclosure;
- and
- a pressure collar, said pressure collar for urging said seal against said enclosure, said collar being freely movable within said housing so as not to load said translation stage when said housing is being moved by said translation stage to align said bundle with said laser diode, said collar being free to move within said housing to compress said flexible seal when said housing is made up to said enclosure after alignment of said bundle with said laser diode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.