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US 6,584,259 B2Granted
Use of sol-gel as an inorganic adhesive for high stability, self organizing, fiber optic array
AssigneeSchott Glas
InventorRobert A. Rubino, Jr.
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Abstract
A fiber optic assembly comprising a plurality of optical fibers bonded together with an inorganic adhesive having a glass transition temperature of at least about 150° C. The inorganic adhesive preferably comprises a sol-gel, such a colloidal suspension of sodium silicate, that creates bondlines between adjacent optical fibers that are less than about 200 nm in thickness.
Claims15
A fiber optic assembly comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers;
- a bondline between each of the plurality of optical fibers and at least one other of the plurality of optical fibers, the bondline comprising an inorganic adhesive having a glass transition temperature of at least about 150° C.
A fiber optic assembly comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers, each of the plurality of optical fibers being bonded to at least one other of the plurality of optical fibers along a bondline;
- wherein the bondline is less than about 200 nm in thickness and comprises a sol-gel having a glass transition temperature of at least about 150° C.
A fiber optic assembly comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers bonded together along a plurality of bondlines by an inorganic adhesive, the bondlines corresponding to lines of contact between each of the plurality of optical fibers, wherein the inorganic adhesive is formed from a colloidal suspension of sodium silicate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.