Patent ID: 8597871
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B29C,G02B,G03F

Abstract:
1. A method of creating an optical interconnect, comprising: embedding at least a portion of a first optical component in a photopolymer having a photosensitivity to light of a particular wavelength, wherein the first optical component has been loosely positioned; determining a location, in three dimensions, for the optical interconnect after the first optical component is embedded; locating a three-dimensional position of the optical component using optical detection; creating a three-dimensional region of index change in the photopolymer by exposing the photopolymer in the region to light of the particular wavelength to thereby form the optical interconnect in the region of index change to form at least part of a connection between the first optical component and a second optical component, wherein the three-dimensional region of index change has a position or shape dependent on the three-dimensional position of the first optical component; and wherein determining the location, in three dimensions, for the optical interconnect and creating the region of index change in the photopolymer by exposing the photopolymer in the region to light of the particular wavelength are performed using the same objective lens.