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Integration of fibers on substrates fabricated with grooves

  • US 6,516,114 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2001
  • Issued: 02/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device, comprising:

  • a substrate having first and second opposing substrate surfaces to form a first elongated groove formed over said first substrate surface and first and second openings respectively formed at two ends of said first elongated groove, each opening formed through said substrate to extend between said first and second substrate surfaces; and

    an optical fiber, which comprises a fiber core and a fiber cladding surrounding said fiber core, passing through said first and second openings and having at least first, second, and third contiguous fiber portions, wherein said second fiber portion is disposed in said first elongated groove on said first substrate surface, and said first and said third fiber portions located on or over said second substrate surface.

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