Method of manufacturing devices for optical fiber networks, and devices manufactured thereby
AssigneeMicroParts Gesellschaft fur Mikrostrukturtechnik mbH
InventorsArnd Rogner, Andreas Neyer
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing passive integrated optical devices from polymeric materials, the method comprising providing a step structure at each transition between a fiber alignment structure and the preform for the light waveguide structure, wherein both of these structures are produced simultaneously. Passive integrated optical devices having ridges or trenches with rectangular cross sections and manufactured to this method are also described.
Claims19
A process of manufacturing passive integrated optical devices from-polymeric materials, which devices are comprised of at least one molded piece with preforms for a plurality of light waveguide structures and optical fiber alignment structures, wherein the light waveguide in the case of the light waveguide structures is produced from the preforms for said structures by subsequent processing of said preforms, and the subject devices are further comprised of at least one coupled optical fiber;
- comprising production of the polymer molded piece which
- is provided with a step structure at each transition between a fiber alignment structure and the preform for the light waveguide structure, wherein
- both of these structures are produced simultaneously.
Passive integrated optical devices comprises of polymeric materials, including ridges or trenches for the light waveguide, which ridges or trenches have rectangular cross sections wherein the lengths of the edges of the rectangles are 1-1000 micron, further comprised of at least one molded piece with preforms for a plurality of light waveguide structures and optical fiber alignment structures, wherein the light waveguide in the case of the light waveguide structures is produced from the preforms for said structures by subsequent processing of said preforms, and the subject devices are further comprised of at least one coupled optical fiber;
- made by a process comprising production of the polymer molded piece which
- is provided with a step structure at each transition between a fiber alignment structure and the preform for the light waveguide structure, wherein
- both of these structures are produced simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.