Patent ID: 6902326

Claim:
An off-axis reflective optical apparatus comprising: a mounting block having a ferrule holder support surface and an off-axis reflector support surface which is generally perpendicular to the ferrule holder support surface; an optical reflector mounted on the off-axis reflector support surface and having a reflected beam centerline; and a ferrule holder mounted on the ferrule holder support surface, the ferrule holder providing a ferrule for coupling to an optical fiber and orienting a fiber tip of the optical fiber along a fiber axis toward the optical reflector, the fiber axis being nonparallel to the reflected beam centerline; wherein the optical reflector is movable on the off-axis reflector surface in a direction generally parallel to an axis which is perpendicular to the ferrule holder support surface, prior to being mounted on the off-axis reflector support surface; wherein the ferrule holder is movable on the ferrule holder support surface in a direction generally parallel to an axis which is perpendicular to the off-axis reflector support surface, prior to being mounted on the ferrule holder support surface; and wherein the apparatus has at least one of the following: (1) the optical reflector is movable on the off-axis reflector support surface in a direction generally parallel to the ferrule holder support surface prior to being mounted on the off-axis reflector support surface, and (2) the ferrule holder is movable on the ferrule holder support surface in a direction generally parallel to the off-axis reflector support surface prior to being mounted on the ferrule holder support surface.