Patent ID: 6905256

Claim:
An optical connector adapter for interfacing waveguide devices comprising: a single substrate for transporting optical signals and having opposing ends, a substantially planar top reference surface formed as an optically flat polished surface, and including at least one of an implanted waveguide, deposited silica waveguide, and precision grooves at the top reference surface, and a substantially planar single optically flat, polished side reference surface formed substantially orthogonal to the top reference surface; a carrier bracket received over the top reference surface at either end of the substrate, and including substrate alignment fiducials for aligning the top and side reference surfaces of the substrate relative to the carrier bracket; and a substrate carrier that receives said substrate and carrier bracket and having carrier alignment fiducials for aligning the side reference surface and top reference surface of the substrate relative to the substrate carrier and carrier bracket for interfacing waveguide devices thereto.