Patent · US Expired

Mechanism for self-adjusting positioning of a semiconductor laser relative to an optical fiber to be coupled thereto

US4768199A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Jochen Heinen · Haar, DE
Friedrich Weidinger · Taufkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 1986
Grant date	Aug 30, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 5, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S5/02251
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mechanism for self-adjusting positioning of a glass fiber to a semiconductor laser chip includes an adjustment member with a groove into which a mesa ridge of the laser chip is secured and into which the glass fiber is placed.

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