Passive pigtail attachment apparatus and method for planar lightwave circuits
US6618514B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3652
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for pigtailing optical integrated circuits, wherein optical integrated circuits (OICs) comprise a shelf upon which optical fibers are located, which provides for passive vertical alignment of fiber arrays with OIC waveguides. A cover plate with channels therein is further provided by which passive alignment in five or six alignment axes can be achieved. Also disclosed are methods for attaching fiber arrays to OICs and for manufacturing OICs.
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