Patent ID: 6744952
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A connecting device for connecting at least two optical waveguides (5, 6), in the case of whicha first optical waveguide (5) is held relative to a second optical waveguide (6), at least one end face (7, 71, 72) of the first waveguide runs obliquely to the optical axis (11) of the first waveguide (5), and at least one end face (8, 81, 82) of the second waveguide (6) runs obliquely to the optical axis of the second waveguide (6), characterizedin that the refractive index of at least one light-guiding region of the first optical waveguide (5) differs from the refractive index of a light-guiding region of the second optical waveguide (6), and in that at least one end face (7, 71, 72) of the first optical waveguide (5), and the at least one end face (8, 81, 82) of the second optical waveguide (6) are inclined such that the optical axis of the first and of the second optical waveguides (5, 6) are arranged substantially parallel to one another.