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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 13, 2019
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Corning, NY (US);
Mark Alejandro Quesada, Horseheads, NY (US);
Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov, Corning, NY (US);
Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Painted Post, NY (US);
James Scott Sutherland, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Assemblies, optical connectors, and methods for bonding optical fibers to a substrate using a laser beam are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of bonding an optical fiber to a substrate includes directing a laser beam into the optical fiber disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the optical fiber has a curved surface and the curved surface of the optical fiber focuses the laser beam to a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the laser beam as it enters the optical fiber. The method further includes melting, using the laser beam, a material of the substrate at a bond area between the optical fiber and the surface of the substrate such that the optical fiber is bonded to the surface of the substrate.