Stratos International, Inc.

Stratos Lightwave, Inc.

Christopher M Warnes

Richard C E Durrant

David G Mead

Theodore Washburn

Aleksandr Lantsman

Geoffrey Neil Mynott

Graham Woolmer

The device includes a housing, an insert, a first ferrule, a second ferrule, a first ball lens, a second ball lens, a first contact pin, a second contact pin, a first contact socket, a second contact socket, an alignment pin, and an alignment socket. The housing has a first key and a second key. The insert is mounted in the housing. The first ferrule is mounted in the insert. The second ferrule is mounted in the insert. The first ball lens is mounted in the insert, and the first ball lens is in optical communication with the first ferrule. The second ball lens is mounted in the insert, and the first ball lens is in optical communication with the second ferrule. The first and second contact pins, and the first and second contact sockets are mounted in the insert.

Opto-electric connector

A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.

Stub having an optical fiber

An assembly including a fiber optic cable assembled with a one-piece ferrule where a gap exists between the fiber optic cable and the ferrule. When the fiber optic cable is mounted to the ferrule, the optical fiber is positioned within a small opening and the sheath is positioned within a large opening of the ferrule. The gap exists between the optical fiber and the small opening. The metallic material is then adhered to a portion of the optical fiber and to a portion of the ferrule so as to form the hermetic seal at the gap. The layer of the metallic material can be deposited by way of a metal vapor deposition process. Another assembly may include multiple fiber optic cables trapped between two substrates where any gaps formed between the two substrates are hermetically sealed with a metallic material.

Post assembly metallization of a device to form hermetic seal

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Suffolk, United Kingdom

Christopher M Warnes