The benefits of this technology include


Using side-polishing techniques, a small portion of the cladding is removed
to access the evanescent tail of the propagating wave in the fiber.

The removed cladding is replaced with a material to facilitate the function required for the component.

The processed optical fiber is used as a substrate and is formed in a single process.

The method is non-invasive to the optical core and the components modify the wave propagation
by locally changing the guiding conditions, rather than impinging the propagation path.

The manufacturing processes utilized by Phoenix provide a low cost
optical fiber base substrate onto which the component is built.