A LOW COST MOLDED OPTICAL PROBE WITH ASTIGMATIC CORRECTION, FIBER PORT, LOW BACK REFLECTION, AND HIGHLY REPRODUCIBLE IN MANUFACTURING QUANTITIES

摘要

A low cost molded optical probe with astigmatic correction, fiber port, low back reflection, and highly reproducible in manufacturing quantities is provided. The molded optical probe includes a fiber receiving portion (llO)defining a groove (11, 112) defined along a longitudinal axis for receiving an optical fiber; a spacer portion (120) having a spacer portion surface non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the groove, the spacer portion surface configured to cooperate with a distal end of the optical fiber; a prism portion (130) positioned adjacent the spacer portion and having a prism surface non-parallel to the spacer portion surface and non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and configured to reflect light transmit through the optical fiber off perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a lens portion (140) positioned adjacent the prism portion and having a lens surface configured to focus light received through the optical fiber.