Patent ID: 7855377

Claim:
A method for providing an optical assembly, comprising: disposing one or more alignment structures on a first element, the one or more alignment structures comprising one or more lateral wedges, each lateral wedge comprising at least one narrow portion that defines a targeted alignment zone and at least one wide portion that defines an increased alignment zone; disposing one or more flexible optical pillars on a second element, the flexible optical pillars being optically transmissive and configured to transmit light; and coupling the second element to and spaced apart from the first element such that the one or more alignment structures align each of the one or more flexible optical pillars, wherein coupling the second element to and spaced apart from the first element comprises: placing each of the flexible optical pillars in one or more increased alignment zones defined by the lateral wedges; and moving the flexible optical pillars from the increased alignment zones to one or more targeted alignment zones defined by the lateral wedges.