US 11,953,737 B2
Systems and methods for coupling light
David Robert Rolston, Beaconsfield (CA); Mohammadreza Sanadgol Nezami, Montreal (CA); Shubhankar Mishra, Montreal (CA); and Shanglin Li, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to Smiths Interconnect Canada Inc., Kirkland (CA)
Filed by Reflex Photonics, Inc., Kirkland (CA)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,285.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,639, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341688 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4214 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4215 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical ferrule connector comprising:
a body comprising a beveled surface;
a plurality of optical fibers embedded in said body, each of said plurality of optical fibers extending along a transmission direction and terminating in a fiber tip that is oriented coplanar to said beveled surface; and
a plurality of optical elements, each optical element of said plurality of optical elements located at an associated fiber tip of an associated optical fiber, each optical element operable to focus light into or out of a core of said associated optical fiber, at least one of the optical elements comprising a mirror with a concentric ring pattern.