WO2014065922A3 - Binding material processing of gradient index (grin) rods into grin lenses attachable to optical devices, components, and methods - Google Patents

Binding material processing of gradient index (grin) rods into grin lenses attachable to optical devices, components, and methods Download PDF

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WO2014065922A3
WO2014065922A3 PCT/US2013/053705 US2013053705W WO2014065922A3 WO 2014065922 A3 WO2014065922 A3 WO 2014065922A3 US 2013053705 W US2013053705 W US 2013053705W WO 2014065922 A3 WO2014065922 A3 WO 2014065922A3
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grin
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Micah Colen Isenhour
Dennis Michael Knecht
James Phillip Luther
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Corning Cable Systems Llc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B3/00—Simple or compound lenses
    • G02B3/0087—Simple or compound lenses with index gradient
    • 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
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/32—Optical coupling means having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Re-Forming, After-Treatment, Cutting And Transporting Of Glass Products (AREA)
  • Grinding And Polishing Of Tertiary Curved Surfaces And Surfaces With Complex Shapes (AREA)

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Embodiments for binding material processing of gradient index (GRIN) rods into GRIN lenses attachable to optical devices, components, and methods are disclosed. A cylindrical GRIN rod comprises an optical axis and a longitudinal axis at a center axis, where an index of refraction may be greatest at the optical axis. The GRIN rod includes GRIN lenses along the longitudinal axis. The GRIN lenses include a first optical surface and a second optical surface opposite the first optical surface. Separation processes and devices may separate the GRIN lenses from the GRIN rods and these processes may be automated. Other processes may polish the first and the second optical surfaces. A gripper may insert the GRIN lens into an optical device.
PCT/US2013/053705 2012-08-10 2013-08-06 Binding material processing of gradient index (grin) rods into grin lenses attachable to optical devices, components, and methods WO2014065922A2 (en)

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US13/571,948 US9377565B2 (en) 2012-08-10 2012-08-10 Processing of gradient index (GRIN) rods into GRIN lenses attachable to optical devices, components, and methods
US13/571,948 2012-08-10
US13/571,878 US20140041790A1 (en) 2012-08-10 2012-08-10 Binding material processing of gradient index (grin) rods into grin lenses attachable to optical devices, components, and methods
US13/571,878 2012-08-10

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US2436819A (en) * 1944-06-23 1948-03-02 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Method of forming glass beads
US2760314A (en) * 1954-07-02 1956-08-28 Erie Resistor Corp Method of making ceramic pieces
US3216154A (en) * 1961-06-07 1965-11-09 Owens Illinois Glass Co Method of forming small glass envelopes, beads and the like
EP0477036A2 (en) * 1990-09-21 1992-03-25 Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. Optical information transmitting device
US20040126505A1 (en) * 2002-12-25 2004-07-01 Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited Manufacturing method of rod with optical thin film and rod block for use in the method

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2436819A (en) * 1944-06-23 1948-03-02 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Method of forming glass beads
US2760314A (en) * 1954-07-02 1956-08-28 Erie Resistor Corp Method of making ceramic pieces
US3216154A (en) * 1961-06-07 1965-11-09 Owens Illinois Glass Co Method of forming small glass envelopes, beads and the like
EP0477036A2 (en) * 1990-09-21 1992-03-25 Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. Optical information transmitting device
US20040126505A1 (en) * 2002-12-25 2004-07-01 Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited Manufacturing method of rod with optical thin film and rod block for use in the method

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