Patent ID: 6728450
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A method of aligning the end of an array of optical fibres with waveguides in an optical device, comprising:mounting the end of the array of optical fibres in a fibre block assembly comprising at least a first block, the first block having an array of grooves in a grooved surface of the block, the optical fibres being mounted in the grooves, the fibre block assembly further having at least one guide surface on the first block on the same side as the grooved surface at a predetermined level with respect to the axes of the array of optical fibres; supporting the optical device on a support surface of a bench, which bench has at least one guide surface extending from the support surface, by a surface of the optical device proximate to the waveguides; aligning the end of an array of optical fibres with the waveguides in the optical device by moving the fibre block assembly with the at least one guide surface of the first block in contact with the at least one guide surface of the bench; and fixing the fibre block assembly to the bench after said aligning of the end of the array of optical fibres with the waveguides in the optical device.