Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical-fiber array method and apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 光纤阵列方法及装置
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Application No.: US12861773Application Date: 2010-08-23
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Publication No.: US08503840B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Yongdan Hu , Charles A. Lemaire
- Applicant: Yongdan Hu , Charles A. Lemaire
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.L.L.C.
- Agent Charles A. Lemaire; Jonathan M. Rixen
- Main IPC: G02B6/32
- IPC: G02B6/32 ; G02B6/26 ; G02B6/42

Abstract:
Method and apparatus for forming an optical-fiber-array assembly, which include providing a plurality of optical fibers including a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber, providing a fiber-array plate that includes a first surface and a second surface, connecting the plurality of optical fibers to the first surface of the fiber-array plate, transmitting a plurality of optical signals through the optical fibers into the fiber-array plate at the first surface of the fiber-array plate, and emitting from the second surface of the fiber-array plate a composite output beam having light from the plurality of optical signals. Optionally, the first surface of the fiber-array plate includes indicia configured to assist in the alignment of the plurality of optical fibers on the first surface of the fiber-array plate. In some embodiments, the second surface of the fiber-array plate includes a plurality of beam-shaping optics configured to shape the composite output beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120045169A1 OPTICAL-FIBER ARRAY METHOD AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-02-23
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