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2026-009: A Method for Manufacturing Precise Micro-Optical Elements

Invention: 2026-009

Patent Status: Provisional filed on March 16, 2026

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Summary

Fiber-integrated micro-optical elements provide a scalable, alignment-free way to collect photons and shape light beams for quantum information systems. Researchers at Brookhaven and Columbia University are developing fabrication methods that can create precisely shaped micro-structures directly on the core of single-mode optical fibers, with accuracy down to the nanometer scale.

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Journal Publication & Intellectual Property

• High precision micro-optical elements on fiber facets via focused-ion beam machining (.pdf)