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A precise fiber array may be formed by employing an array of pins into ones of the resulting interstices of which is inserted and bonded, e.g., glued, a fiber end. Such an array may be made by employing a chuck, at least initially, to tightly hold as an array a group of pins, e.g., metal, ceramic, or plastic pins. Thereafter, a fiber end is inserted and bonded into ones of the interstices formed by the resulting gaps, i.e., the interstices, between the pins. The pins may also be bonded to each other. If so, once the pins are bonded together, the chuck may be removed. The terminating end of the fibers may be polished. Alternatively, previously cleaved terminating fiber ends may be employed, with the various terminating ends being coordinated, e.g., by an optical flat or other surface which is placed at, or adjacent to, the fiber terminating end of the pin array.
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