Title :
The use of laser-stripped and metallized fibers for hermetic packaging applications
Author :
Broude, Sergey ; Ogura, Glenn
Author_Institution :
Opt. Connectivity Product Group, Resonetics Inc., Nashua, NH, USA
Abstract :
The laser-stripping of optical fibers can be used to manufacture both mid-span metallized fibers and ferruled fibers. Such innovative products allow packaging engineers the option of designing smaller hermetic packages with the advantage of lower costs and higher reliability.
Keywords :
laser materials processing; metallisation; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; packaging; ferruled fibers; hermetic packaging applications; higher reliability; laser-stripping; lower costs; mid-span metallized fibers; optical fibers; Assembly; Fiber lasers; Gold; Manufacturing; Metallization; Optical buffering; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Packaging; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159424
