Patent ID: 7289701

Claim:
An optical platform comprising: a monolithic substrate having a device mounting surface on a top portion of the monolithic substrate, wherein the monolithic substrate extends across the device mounting surface of the top portion and the device mounting surface is adapted to mount an optical device that transmits a laser beam down through the monolithic substrate that extends across the device mounting surface of the top portion of the monolithic substrate or receives a laser beam up through the monolithic substrate that extends across the device mounting surface of the top portion of the monolithic substrate; a reflecting surface formed within the monolithic substrate by a cutout that extends to the device mounting surface and oriented toward the top portion and positioned between the device mounting surface, a bottom portion of the monolithic substrate and a first side of the monolithic substrate, wherein the bottom portion is axially aligned with the top portion; a convex focusing lens coupled to a first side of the monolithic substrate for focusing the laser beam, wherein a convex surface of the convex focusing lens faces an optical fiber; and at least one fiber bed extending from the first side and axially aligned with the top portion and the bottom portion for positioning the optical fiber that conveys the laser beam; wherein the reflecting surface re-directs the received or transmitted laser beam between the focusing lens and the optical device.