Patent ID: 6799370
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for manufacturing a fiberoptic device, comprising:a fiber rotator mounted on a first stage, said fiber rotator carrying an optical fiber therein, and being operative to rotate said optical fiber about an optical axis thereof; a second stage for holding a silicon slab; a fiber gripping assembly disposed between said first stage and said second stage for gripping an intermediate portion of said optical fiber; a first viewer directed toward said silicon slab along an axis that is orthogonal to said optical axis and orthogonal to a surface of said second stage upon which said silicon slab rests; a second viewer directed toward an end face of said optical fiber alone said optical axis; a weight, mounted on a third stage, a free end of said weight impinging on said optical fiber to urge an end portion of said optical fiber onto said silicon slab, wherein responsive to views displayed by said first viewer and said second viewer, said first stage, said second stage, said fiber rotator, and said fiber gripping assembly are independently adjustable to establish said optical fiber in a desired position on said silicon slab, and wherein said weight is pivotally mounted and pivots between a first position wherein said weight is in a non-contacting relationship with said optical fiber and a second position wherein said weight impinges on said optical fiber.