An integrated optical board comprising integrated optic waveguide circuit modules

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method of attaching and aligning optical fibers to integrated optical waveguide circuits of, different modules is disclosed. In accordance with the method a layout of a , certain number of, parallel grooves along with a number of markers with standard distances from , each other first are, imprinted on the substrate; grooves with the desired depth are then fabricated by the suitable, means and fibers are embedded and affixed by the suitable adhesive in the in end-to-end grooves, fabricated in a substrate and annealed thereafter. In one preferred embodiment, the embedded, fibers are buried in the grooves such that the outer surface of the fiber is slightly below the surface, of the …