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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Com&sens, Zwijnaarde, BE;
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Jeroen Missinne, Ghent, BE;
Geert Van Steenberge, Sint-Amandsberg, BE;
Geert Luyckx, Leuven, BE;
Eli Voet, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
An optical system and method for connecting two optical fibers is described in the present disclosure. An example optical system includes a first optical fiber embedded in an embedding material, the first optical fiber comprising side walls extending in a longitudinal direction in contact with the embedding material, a second, external, optical fiber, and a self-written waveguide in optical contact with the first and second optical fibers. Only a cross section perpendicular to the side walls of the first optical fiber is outside the embedding material, in contact with the self-written waveguide.