Sh. Kravitz et al., A PASSIVE MICROMACHINED DEVICE FOR ALIGNMENT OF ARRAYS OF SINGLE-MODEFIBERS FOR HERMETIC PHOTONIC PACKAGING - THE CLASP CONCEPT, IEEE transactions on components, packaging, and manufacturing technology. Part B, Advanced packaging, 19(1), 1996, pp. 83-89
A micro-machined fiber alignment device, called the capture and lockin
g alignment spring positioner (CLASP) has been fabricated, It uses a n
ickel leaf spring to passively capture vertical arrays of single-mode
fibers with similar to 2 mu m accuracy.