US 11,726,271 B1
Optical interconnect devices
Thomas W. Stone, Hellertown, PA (US)
Assigned to Wavefront Research, Inc., Northampton, PA (US)
Filed by Wavefront Research Inc., Northampton, PA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,178.
Application 17/740,178 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,454, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,327,250.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/815,790, filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/255 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3885 (2013.01) [G02B 6/2552 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical component comprising:
an array comprising optical fibers; said optical fibers comprising at least one multicore optical fiber;
said array further comprising at least one alignment structure;
an imager;
said imager with substantially infinite conjugates;
said array having an end portion;
said end portion operatively connected to said imager;
said imager forming an image of said end portion substantially at infinity;
wherein said at least one alignment structure comprises a shape of said array.