Patent ID: 11880071
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An optical assembly comprising:
a first planar lightwave circuit (PLC) member including a first body structure bounded by a first inner face, a first outer face that opposes the first inner face, a first input end face, and a first output end face that opposes the first input end face, with a plurality of first waveguides defined in or on the first body structure, wherein the plurality of first waveguides extends between the first input end face and the first output end face in a first plane that is parallel to at least a portion of the first inner face; and
a second PLC member including a second body structure bounded by a second inner face, a second outer face that opposes the second inner face, a second input end face, and a second output end face that opposes the second input end face, with a plurality of second waveguides defined in or on the second body structure, wherein the plurality of second waveguides extends between the second input end face and the second output end face in a second plane that is parallel to at least a portion of the second inner face;
wherein the first and second PLC members are arranged with the first inner face of the first PLC member facing the second inner face of the second PLC member, and with the second plane being non-parallel to the first plane;
wherein the first input end face and the second end input end face are positioned such that input ends of the plurality of first waveguides in combination with input ends of the plurality of second waveguides are arranged a two-dimensional array; and
wherein the first output end face and the second output end face are positioned such that output ends of the plurality of first waveguides in combination with output ends of the plurality of second waveguides are arranged in a one-dimensional array.