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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Zhimin Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Oplink Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention discloses an optical collimator lens for collimating an incident light. The collimator lens includes an optical transmission rod substantially formed as an elongated cylinder. The optical transmission rod further includes a first end surface formed as a spherical or aspherical end surface and a second end surface opposite the first end-surface. The second end surface formed as an inclined planar surface having an incline angle &thgr; relative to the optical axis of the optical transmission rod for increasing a return loss from the inclined planar surface. In a preferred embodiment, the inclined planar surface has an incline angle of substantially eight degrees or less or more.