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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
David G. Grossman, Corning, NY (US);
Larry G. Mann, Painted Post, NY (US);
Vincent A. Rice, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A process for making a plurality of vertically integrated optical components including providing a holding device with a plurality of holes, providing a polarizing glass having two polarization layers separated by a non-polarizing region, providing a plurality of optical fibers insulated by ferrules, inserting the fibers into the device, bonding the polarizing glass to the fibers and holding device, removing one of the polarization layers and the non-polarizing region to expose the other polarization layer thus forming an ultrathin polarizing glass, slicing the ultrathin glass at the ferrules to form a plurality of polarizer devices, separating the polarizing devices from the surrounding ultrathin glass to form a plurality of vertically integrated optical components, and removing the components from the holding device.