Patent ID: 6470120
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An apparatus for aligning a first optic element and a second optic element, and the apparatus comprising:a frame defined along a longitudinal axis and a selected one of the first and second optic elements coupled to the frame along the longitudinal axis; a first translation member coupled with a remaining one of the first and second optic elements, and the first translation member coupled with the frame to translate a remaining one of the first and second optic elements in a first plane intersected by the longitudinal axis; a lens for bending an optical beam between the first and second optic elements; and a second translation member coupled to the lens, and the second translation member coupled to the frame to translate the lens in a second plane which intersects the longitudinal axis between the first and second optic elements thereby bending the optical beam between the first and second optic elements.