Patents Assigned to Air Force Research Laboratory
  • OPTICAL FIBER ATTACHMENT TO A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING OPTICAL FIBER-DIRECTED CURING
    Publication number: 20220334312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system applicable to attaching a single or multiple optical fibers in sequence to a photonic integrated circuit enabling precise control of optical fibers and/or multiple types of optical fibers and/or at any pitch. The system and method provide optical alignment and in situ attachment of one or more optical fibers to a photonic integrated circuit chip using a photo-curable adhesive, wherein curing light is delivered to the adhesive by the optical fiber being attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: Rochester Institute of Technology, Air Force Research Laboratory
    Inventors: Stefan Preble, Gregory Bond, John Serafini, Matthew van Niekerk, Thomas Palone, Michael Fanto, Mario J. Ciminelli