Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector
Patent
1999-11-30
2000-10-17
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
385135, 372 38, G02B 636, H01S 302
Patent
active
061321044
ABSTRACT:
A detachable plug-in pump laser card assembly for placement into an optical fiber amplifier, comprising: a printed circuit board, a heat sink, a pump laser, a first half plug-in member of an optical connector, a second half plug-in member of an electrical connector and a reel having an optical fiber wrapped there around. The heat sink is substantially parallel to the printed circuit board and is separated from the printed circuit board by spacers. The pump laser is connected to one side of the heat sink, which has a plurality of fins on an opposite side from where the pump laser is connected. The first half plug-in member of the optical connector and the second half plug-in member of the electrical connector are each secured to the printed circuit board and are located at an insertion end of the pump laser card assembly. The reel is disposed between the printed circuit board and the heat sink and the optical fiber wrapped around the reel has a first end connected to the pump laser and a second end connected to the first half plug-in member of the optical connector. The detachable plug-in pump laser card assembly is plugged into a port located on a base plate of the optical fiber amplifier, where the first half plug-in member of the optical connector optically engages with a mating member and where the second half plug-in member of the electrical connector electrically engages with a mating member.
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Bliss Jody T.
Murphy Edward F.
Wetherill Todd M.
Corning Incorporated
Lee John D.
Murphy Silvy A.
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