US 12,013,579 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 Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,840.
Application 18/233,840 is a continuation of application No. 17/740,178, filed on May 9, 2022, granted, now 11,726,271, issued on Aug. 15, 2023.
Application 17/740,178 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,454, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,327,250, issued on May 10, 2022.
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)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alignable multicore optical fiber comprising:
an optical fiber;
said optical fiber comprising an array of at least two waveguiding cores;
said array of at least two waveguiding cores having a first orientation;
said optical fiber further comprising at least one cladding surrounding said array of at least two waveguiding cores;
said at least one cladding being of a noncircular shape;
said noncircular shape having a second orientation;
said first orientation and said second orientation being fixed with respect to each other;
said noncircular shape providing an alignment structure.