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GB2415792B - Optical device with alignment compensation - Google Patents

Optical device with alignment compensation

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Publication number
GB2415792B
GB2415792B GB0516605A GB0516605A GB2415792B GB 2415792 B GB2415792 B GB 2415792B GB 0516605 A GB0516605 A GB 0516605A GB 0516605 A GB0516605 A GB 0516605A GB 2415792 B GB2415792 B GB 2415792B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
optical device
alignment compensation
compensation
alignment
optical
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0516605A
Other versions
GB0516605D0 (en
GB2415792A (en
Inventor
Steven K Case
Timothy A Skunes
Michael Knipfer
Gregory Stephen Mowry
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Cyberoptics Corp
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Cyberoptics Corp
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Priority claimed from GB0424352A external-priority patent/GB2403817B/en
Publication of GB0516605D0 publication Critical patent/GB0516605D0/en
Publication of GB2415792A publication Critical patent/GB2415792A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2415792B publication Critical patent/GB2415792B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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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
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
    • G02B6/29379—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means characterised by the function or use of the complete device
    • G02B6/2938—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means characterised by the function or use of the complete device for multiplexing or demultiplexing, i.e. combining or separating wavelengths, e.g. 1xN, NxM
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
    • G02B26/08—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light
    • G02B26/0875—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light by means of one or more refracting elements
    • 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
    • G02B6/422—Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree of coupling or position of the elements
    • G02B6/4226—Positioning means for moving the elements into alignment, e.g. alignment screws, deformation of the mount
    • 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
    • G02B6/4228—Passive alignment, i.e. without a detection of the degree of coupling or the position of the elements
    • G02B6/423—Passive alignment, i.e. without a detection of the degree of coupling or the position of the elements using guiding surfaces for the alignment
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/003—Alignment of optical elements

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB0516605A 2002-04-22 2003-04-22 Optical device with alignment compensation Expired - Fee Related GB2415792B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US37505202P 2002-04-22 2002-04-22
US40213402P 2002-08-09 2002-08-09
US40213502P 2002-08-09 2002-08-09
US40489402P 2002-08-20 2002-08-20
GB0424352A GB2403817B (en) 2002-04-22 2003-04-22 Optical device with alignment compensation

Publications (3)

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GB0516605D0 GB0516605D0 (en) 2005-09-21
GB2415792A GB2415792A (en) 2006-01-04
GB2415792B true GB2415792B (en) 2006-06-07

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CN110286458A (en) 2019-07-24 2019-09-27 嘉兴旭锐电子科技有限公司 A reconfigurable optical positioning system and method using a block structure

Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0821218A2 (en) * 1996-07-22 1998-01-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon Rotary laser irradiating system
EP0903608A2 (en) * 1997-09-20 1999-03-24 Matra Marconi Space Uk Limited Beam steerer

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0821218A2 (en) * 1996-07-22 1998-01-28 Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon Rotary laser irradiating system
EP0903608A2 (en) * 1997-09-20 1999-03-24 Matra Marconi Space Uk Limited Beam steerer

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