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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Robert Buck, Jr., Superior, CO (US);
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2013.01); G02B 6/3644 (2013.01); G02B 6/327 (2013.01); G02B 6/3652 (2013.01); G02B 6/3664 (2013.01); G02B 6/3839 (2013.01); G02B 6/4204 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monolithic fiber-lens array includes a number of optical fibers integrated into a fiber block and multiple lens elements integrated into a lens block. The fiber block is coupled to the lens block via a transparent adhesive layer, and the tips of the optical fibers are aligned with respective focal points of the lens elements.