Patent ID: 6731853
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical fiber clamp comprising:a first wafer having a first surface with a plurality of first holes formed therethrough; and a second wafer having a second surface with a plurality of second holes formed therethrough, the second surface of the second wafer facing the first surface of the first wafer, the first and second wafers being laterally movable with respect to each other to a clamping position, an optical fiber placed through a respective pair of the first and second holes being held stationary against sidewalls of the first and second holes, wherein one of the first and second wafers is laterally movable, and another of the first and second wafers is stationary, and the sidewalls of the holes in the one of the first and second wafers that is laterally movable have a compliant material formed thereon.