Patent ID: 9182549
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical coupling system for coupling a first optical waveguide to a second optical waveguide, said optical coupling system comprising: said first optical waveguide including a first core surrounded by a first sheath, and said second optical waveguide including a second core surrounded by a second sheath wherein an end face of the first core of the first optical waveguide abuts an end face of the second core of the second optical waveguide at a coupling location such that the second core is flush with the first core in the axial direction, wherein, in the region of the coupling location, over at least part of a predetermined axial portion, both the second sheath of the second optical waveguide and the first sheath of the first optical waveguide together form a cladding of the optical waveguide in the predetermined axial portion, said first optical waveguide being a polymer optical waveguide formed on a printed circuit board including a polymer core surrounded by a polymer sheath; said second optical waveguide being embedded in a ferrule with at least one first guide device being arranged on the ferrule and at least one second guide device being arranged on the printed circuit board, the first and second guide device interact to effect an axially aligned positioning of the second core and of the first core in at least one direction in space, the second guide device being manufactured of the same material as the polymer optical waveguide.