Patent ID: 8270100

Claim:
An optical component, the optical component comprising: an optical-path portion including an arm-connecting portion and a lower portion, the optical-path portion having an input surface, the lower portion being bounded, in part, by a first notch surface, a second notch surface, a first side-surface, and a second side-surface, wherein first side-surface and the second side-surface extend at a shallow from the respective first and second notch surfaces; and a first arm extending from a first end of the arm-connecting portion, the first arm having at least one resting feature; and a second arm extending from a second end of the arm-connecting portion, the second end opposing the first end, the second arm having at least one resting feature, wherein, when the resting features of the first arm and the second arm are positioned on a surface of a substrate at short edges of a trench in a trench system, the input surface of the lower portion is aligned, perpendicular to the surface within the trench.