PRECISION ALIGNMENT AND ASSEMBLY OF MICROLENSES AND MICROCOLUMNS

摘要

A method and the associated apparatus for alignment and assembly of microlenses and microcolumns in which aligning structures such as rigid fibers are used to precisely align multiple microlens components. Alignment openings are formed in the microlens components and standard optical fibers are threaded through the openings in each microlens component as they are stacked. The fibers provide sufficient stiffness and stability to the structure to precisely align the apertures of the microlens components and thereby allow for increased assembly efficiency over traditional microlens and microcolumn bonding techniques.