Title: Method of making an optical waveguide to fiber convector using a free-standing, flexible waveguide sheet
Application Number: 95194799 Application Date: 1995.08.16
Publication Number: 1156508 Publication Date: 1997.08.06
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: G02B6/13;G02B6/30;G02B6/42
Applicant(s) Name: Akzol Nobel NV. Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Peter Martin Cyriel De Dobbelaere;Peter Paul Van D
Attorney & Agent: DU RIXIN
Abstract:
    The invention relates to a pigtailing method, i.e., the invention provides an optical device comprising a substrate on which are integrated a layered optical waveguide component (3) and optical fiber ends (13). The optical fiber ends are positioned in grooves (10). The method involves providing a substrate (7) comprising grooves (10), notably V-shaped grooves, with a separately made optical waveguide component (3). The component (3) is made on separate flat substrate (1), and released by virtue of a releasable layer (2) present on the flat substrate (1). An advantageous releasable layer is made of a water-soluble salt. The invention also pertains to flexible waveguide sheets such (3) as can be used in the above method or, if provided with waveguide channels (12), as a flexible waveguide component themselves.
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