Patents Examined by Eunchia Cherry
  • Waveguides to photodetector assembly
    Patent number: 6629784
    Abstract: An assembly for combining the outputs from a group of n single mode optical fibres on to the photosensitive surface of a photodetector (1) has an adiabatically tapered bundle (2) of fibres (3) the small end of which is fusion spliced to one end of a length (4) of multimode fibre whose other end is optically coupled with the detector (1) by means of a lens (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Bookham Technology PLC
    Inventors: Terry Bricheno, James Wilson Parker