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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1994
Michael D Bramson, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
The United states of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method for rotationally aligning two bi-refringent waveguides, a single -refringent waveguide and a polarizing fiber or Ti-indifused fiber, and a bi-refringent waveguide and a proton exchange integrated optical chip. The method employs a scanning Michelson interferometer, an ELED light source and an appropriate arrangement of an input polarizer, and output analyzer, necessary coupling lens and a display means for visually observing coherence characteristics of the waveguides during alignment. An Advantest analyzer which contains a scanning Michelson interferometer and display means is used in a preferred embodiment optical arrangement. A set of mathematic relationships applicable to the alignments addressed by the invention is provided. Alignment accuracy as low as .delta..congruent.0.18.degree. is possible.