Method of aligning and packaging an optoelectronic component wit

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1989-11-20

1991-06-18

Ullah, Akm

350 9620, G02B 632

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050245040

ABSTRACT:
A method for optically coupling multiple single-mode optical fibers to a single packaged optoelectronic array device uses a single graded index lens to magnify the images of the active semi-conductor elements and to expand the spacing between their light beams. These separated magnified light beams then coupled to an associated array of uptapered optical fibers. Simultaneous alignment is possible because the location of the semiconductor array beams can be known with high precision relative to the central beam in the array. A lens with known magnification is first positioned relative to the central beam. Alignment to this central beam automatically aligns other optical fibers held collectively in a fixture engineered with the geometry set by the known magnification of the lens. The coupling of single-mode optical fiber to two-dimensional semiconductor surface arrays utilizes the projected and magnified beams of the array which replicate the precise placement of the array elements. A mandrel supports the uptapered optical fibers. Simultaneous alignment of the optical fiber array is performed by first aligning the center fiber, and then rotating the mandrel until the outside fibers come into alignment.

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