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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Jeffery Alan Demeritt, Painted Post, NY (US);
Richard Robert Grzybowski, Corning, NY (US);
Brewster Roe Hemenway, Jr., Painted Post, NY (US);
James Scott Sutherland, Corning, NY (US);
Jeffery Alan DeMeritt, Painted Post, NY (US);
Richard Robert Grzybowski, Corning, NY (US);
Brewster Roe Hemenway, Jr., Painted Post, NY (US);
James Scott Sutherland, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A channeled substrate for forming integrated optical devices that employ optical fibers and at least one active optical component is disclosed. The channeled substrate includes a substrate member having an upper surface one or more grooves formed therein, and a transparent sheet. The transparent sheet, which is preferably made of thin glass, is fixed to the substrate member upper surface to define, in combination with the one or more grooves, one or more channels. The channels are each sized to accommodate an optical fiber to allow for optical communication through the transparent sheet between the active optical component and the optical fibers. Channeled substrates formed by molding and by drawing are also presented. Integrated optical devices that employ the channeled substrate are also disclosed.