A novel assembling technique for fiber collimator arrays using UV-curable adhesives

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 481-487

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Liu, Wenning ^a   Lin, Yaomin ^a   Mondal, Samir K ^a   Shi, Frank G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber lens displacement; Fiber optic alignment; UV curing adhesives

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FIBER-LENS DISPLACEMENT;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

EID: 0036881441     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2002.807602     Document Type: Article

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