Fabrication of fiber bundle arrays for free-space photonic switching systems

Jose M. Sasian; Robert A. Novotny; Martin G. Beckman; Sonya L. Walker; Michael J. Wojcik; Stephen J. Hinterlong

doi:10.1117/12.177505

1 September 1994 Fabrication of fiber bundle arrays for free-space photonic switching systems

Jose M. Sasian, Robert A. Novotny, Martin G. Beckman, Sonya L. Walker, Michael J. Wojcik, Stephen J. Hinterlong

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 9, (September 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177505

Abstract

We describe a technique for assembling fiber bundle arrays as needed in optical computing and photonic switching systems. Two 4 x 4 arrays with single-mode and multimode optical fibers were manufactured. Fiber ends were located to within 3 μm of their ideal position and to a pointing precision of 30 arcmin. A third 4 x 8 array was manufactured with single-mode fibers, and fiber ends were located to within 1.5 μm of their ideal position.

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Jose M. Sasian, Robert A. Novotny, Martin G. Beckman, Sonya L. Walker, Michael J. Wojcik, and Stephen J. Hinterlong "Fabrication of fiber bundle arrays for free-space photonic switching systems," Optical Engineering 33(9), (1 September 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177505

Published: 1 September 1994

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