Arrangement for fastening optical waveguide to plate

摘要

The arrangement has a metallic housing (3). This has at least one locking mechanism (4) for locking to the plate (2). A cut-through clamp (10) cuts into the cladding (17) of the optical waveguide (1) to fix the waveguide (1) to the plate (2). The housing (3) may have a locking opening (11) into which the waveguide (1) can lock, such that the opening (11) surrounds the waveguide in a locked state. The housing (3) may be formed by punching and bending sheet metal. The housing (3) is preferably made of one metal piece. The housing (3) may have a further opening for receiving an optical or optoelectronic element (6) fixed to the plate. Thus light coming from the waveguide (1) is incident on the optical surface of the element (6) at a predetermined angle.