Patent ID: 6389202
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A method of coupling an electro-optic component to an optical fiber comprising the steps of:(a) forming at least one groove in a support adapted to tightly receive an optical fiber at least over an entire length of a region thereof so that said groove has an open side at a substantially flat face of said support; (b) producing a reflecting surface on said optical fiber which is inclined to a main path of propagation along a longitudinal axis of said fiber and capable of reflecting optical radiation arriving along said path into a direction along a transverse axis transverse to said path or optical radiation arriving along said transverse axis into said path; (c) fitting said length of said optical fiber tightly and completely into said groove so that said surface directs optical radiation through said open side or receives optical radiation from said open side; (d) bonding a laminar cover transparent to said optical radiation to said face so as to lie across said open side of said groove and along a flank of said optical fiber; and (e) bonding said optical component directly to said laminar cover in alignment with said transverse axis whereby optical radiation along said transverse axis passes through said laminar cover.