Patents Assigned to Polymicro Technologies
  • Optical element with mechanical alignment and method of making same
    Patent number: 9103983
    Abstract: A product and process for fabricating an optical element from a capillary ferrule includes fusing the optical element onto an optical fiber. The optical element starts with a capillary ferrule that is sculpted on one end to form an optical property such as a flat window, ball lens, angled endface or other sculpted shape. The ferrule is fused onto an optical fiber that has been inserted into the ID of the capillary ferrule. As a result, the ferrule serves as a mechanical aligner for the optical element to fiber fusion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: POLYMICRO TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Robert B. Acuna
  • Optical Element with mechanical alignment and method of making same
    Publication number: 20110235973
    Abstract: A product and process for fabricating an optical element from a capillary ferrule includes fusing the optical element onto an optical fiber. The optical element starts with a capillary ferrule that is sculpted on one end to form an optical property such as a flat window, ball lens, angled endface or other sculpted shape. The ferrule is fused onto an optical fiber that has been inserted into the ID of the capillary ferrule. As a result, the ferrule serves as a mechanical aligner for the optical element to fiber fusion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Polymicro Technologies
    Inventor: Robert B. Acuna