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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary Stephen Duck, Nepean, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 34 ;
Abstract
An optical system is provided for coupling light from one optical waveguide to another. By offsetting the parallel optical axes of two GRIN lenses by a minimum of 50 .mu.m there is a significant reduction in unwanted effects from reflections. Furthermore etalon effects present in many optical coupling systems having parallel inwardly facing end-faces are reduced. The invention obviates the costly solution of for slanting one of the inwardly end-faces of the lens.