Patent ID: 7845860

Claim:
A method for connecting a photonic crystal fiber having a plurality of cores to an optical device, comprising: placing a proximal end of the photonic crystal fiber on a surface of a proximal optical device having a plurality of coupling pads; positioning a first core of the proximal end of the photonic crystal fiber to a first coupling pad on the proximal optical device to enable a threshold amount of a coherent beam of light to propagate through the first core and the first coupling pad; aligning a second core of the proximal end of the photonic crystal fiber to a second coupling pad on the proximal optical device to enable a threshold amount of a coherent beam of light to propagate through the second core and the second coupling pad while maintaining the position of the first core relative to the first coupling pad by rotating the photonic crystal fiber about the axis of the first core; and adhering the proximal end of the photonic crystal fiber to the surface of the proximal optical device while maintaining the position of the first and the second cores relative to the first and the second coupling pads, respectively.