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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jean Benoit Héroux, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Tokunari, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 6/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4214 (2013.01); G02B 6/34 (2013.01); G02B 6/425 (2013.01); G02B 6/4239 (2013.01); G02B 6/4255 (2013.01); G02B 6/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
A micro-mirror array for optical coupling in a waveguide array including, a transparent body having a slanted portion, a sidewall portion, and a bottom portion, the sidewall portion and the bottom portion each respectively facing the slanted portion, and wherein a complementary shape of a conventional form off-axis mirror is arranged on the slanted portion, and a reflective coating on at least a portion of the complementary shape.