Patent ID: 9720174
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A package including optical components, the package comprising: one or more structures comprising at least one optical input or optical output; at least one optical interconnection optically connected to the at least one optical input or optical output of the one or more structures; a component in which the at least one optical interconnection and the at least one optical input or optical output of the one or more structures are embedded; wherein (a) the component is comprised of a first material and the at least one optical interconnection is comprised of a second material, wherein said first and second materials are chemically identical, wherein said first material has a first primary and/or secondary structure and said second material has a second primary and/or secondary structure, wherein the first primary and/or secondary structure is different from the second primary and/or secondary structure; (b) the component has a first refractive index and the at least one optical interconnection has a second refractive index, wherein the first and second refractive indices differ from each other by at least 0.0004 at 850 nm, 1,310 nm, and 1,550 nm, respectively; and (c) the at least one optical interconnection is mechanically fixed by the component.