AU2002226081A1 - Method and system for aligning an optical system via single axis adjustments - Google Patents

Method and system for aligning an optical system via single axis adjustments

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AU2002226081A1
AU2002226081A1 AU2002226081A AU2608102A AU2002226081A1 AU 2002226081 A1 AU2002226081 A1 AU 2002226081A1 AU 2002226081 A AU2002226081 A AU 2002226081A AU 2608102 A AU2608102 A AU 2608102A AU 2002226081 A1 AU2002226081 A1 AU 2002226081A1
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Prior art keywords
aligning
single axis
via single
optical system
axis adjustments
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Abandoned
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AU2002226081A
Inventor
George H. Seward
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L-A-OMEGA Inc
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L A OMEGA Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/816,826 external-priority patent/US20020054428A1/en
Application filed by L A OMEGA Inc filed Critical L A OMEGA Inc
Publication of AU2002226081A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002226081A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4219—Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor
    • G02B6/422—Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree of coupling or position of the elements
    • G02B6/4225—Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree of coupling or position of the elements by a direct measurement of the degree of coupling, e.g. the amount of light power coupled to the fibre or the opto-electronic element
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G02B6/4206—Optical features
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4219—Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor
    • G02B6/4236—Fixing or mounting methods of the aligned elements
    • G02B6/4239—Adhesive bonding; Encapsulation with polymer material
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4204—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G02B6/4207—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms with optical elements reducing the sensitivity to optical feedback
    • G02B6/4208—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details the coupling comprising intermediate optical elements, e.g. lenses, holograms with optical elements reducing the sensitivity to optical feedback using non-reciprocal elements or birefringent plates, i.e. quasi-isolators
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4219—Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor
    • G02B6/422—Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree of coupling or position of the elements
    • G02B6/4227—Active alignment methods, e.g. procedures and algorithms
AU2002226081A 2000-12-12 2001-12-10 Method and system for aligning an optical system via single axis adjustments Abandoned AU2002226081A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US25476800P 2000-12-12 2000-12-12
US60/254,768 2000-12-12
US09/816,826 US20020054428A1 (en) 2000-07-21 2001-03-23 Method and system for aligning and optical system via single axis adjustments
US09/816,826 2001-03-23
PCT/US2001/047842 WO2002048762A2 (en) 2000-12-12 2001-12-10 Method and system for aligning an optical system via single axis adjustments

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AU2002226081A1 true AU2002226081A1 (en) 2002-06-24

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US20050168826A1 (en) * 2004-02-02 2005-08-04 Serguei Koulikov Method and apparatus for adjusting the path of an optical beam

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GB2220501A (en) * 1988-07-06 1990-01-10 Plessey Co Plc Coupling waveguides using transverse cylindrical lenses
JPH0611629A (en) * 1992-06-25 1994-01-21 Fujitsu Ltd Optical element/optical fiber assembly and its assembling and adjusting method
FR2747802B1 (en) * 1996-04-18 1998-05-15 Commissariat Energie Atomique OPTOMECHANICAL MICRODISPOSITIVE, AND APPLICATION TO AN OPTOMECHANICAL MICRODEFLECTOR

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