Alignment ferrule assemblies and connectors for evanescent optical couplers and evanescent optical couplers using same

JS Sutherland - US Patent 10,895,687, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed is an optical interconnection device that includes an alignment ferrule assembly
formed from an alignment substrate and optical fibers. The optical interconnection device …

Alignment ferrule assemblies and connectors for evanescent optical couplers and evanescent optical couplers using same

JS Sutherland - US Patent 11,782,218, 2023 - Google Patents
Disclosed is an optical interconnection device that includes an alignment ferrule assembly
formed from an alignment substrate and optical fibers. The optical interconnection device …

Glass-based ferrule assemblies and coupling apparatus for optical interface devices for photonic systems

AF Evans - US Patent App. 16/170,188, 2019 - Google Patents
Ferrule assemblies and coupling apparatus as used to form optical interface devices for
photonics systems are dis closed. The ferrule assemblies include a ferrule made of a glass …

Optical contact evanescent wave fiber optic coupler

M Failes - US Patent 4,688,882, 1987 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A single mode, evanescent wave, fiber optic coupler. The coupler
comprises a pair of substrates, each sub strate having an optically worked fiber embedded …

Optical coupler

TL Smith, BJ Koch, D Wang - US Patent App. 14/914,963, 2016 - Google Patents
An optical assembly includes first (102) and second (103) housings configured to move
relative to each other. The first housing includes an attachment area (124) configured to per …

Optical waveguide positioning feature in a multiple waveguides connector

MA Haase, TL Smith - US Patent 11,573,377, 2023 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A coupling unit includes a light coupling element comprising an attachment
area for receiving and permanently attaching to a plurality of optical waveguides. One or …

Coupling system for optical fibers and optical waveguides

K Shastri, RS Tummidi, V Patel - US Patent 9,134,498, 2015 - Google Patents
An optical coupler may include a fiber optic structure that has a portion of an outer surface
that is beveled at a predetermined angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the fiber optic …

Optical couplers for evanescent coupling of polymer clad fibers to optical waveguides using alignment features

LMO Brusberg, DL Butler, AF Evans, MJ Li… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
An optical coupler that provides evanescent optical coupling includes an optical fiber and a
waveguide. The optical fiber has a glass core, a glass inner cladding surrounding the glass …

Optical coupling device with waveguide assisted registration

AR Mathews, TL Smith - US Patent 11,320,603, 2022 - Google Patents
A multi-piece optical coupling device comprises a first piece that includes one or more first
receiving elements configured to receive and secure one or more optical waveguides. The …

Evanescent field coupler

YL Barberio, JW Engelberth, AE Neeves - US Patent 5,533,155, 1996 - Google Patents
An evanescent field coupler comprising a coupler holder, a first optical fiber mounted in a
first substrate block, and a second optical fiber mounted in a second substrate block. The …