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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1999
Claude Artigue, Bourg la Reine, FR;
Franck Mallecot, Montrough, FR;
Denis Tregoat, Gif sur Yvette, FR;
Anton Ambrosy, Tiefenbronn Allemagne, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method is disclosed of assembling an optical module comprising at least two optical components whose waveguides are optically coupled to each other. Positioning one waveguide relative to the other one relies on two contact surfaces on the respective optical components cooperating with each other. A first contact surface includes a vertical bearing plane in the same horizontal plane as the optical axis of the waveguide of one of the optical components. A second contact surface includes a vertical bearing plane in the same horizontal plane as the optical axis of the waveguide of the other optical component.