A novel integration platform with on-board thin-film heaters for single-mode fiber-pigtailed photonic devices

Author

Datta, Madhumita ; Dagenais, Mario

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

610

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of an integration platform with on-board thin-film local heaters, which assist the active alignment and subsequent solder attachment of a single-mode fiber with respect to an injection laser. The proposed hybrid platform has the potential to emerge as a versatile alignment platform for single-mode photonic devices within a reasonable cost, because it eliminates the need for laser-welding for precision fiber alignment.

Keywords

finite element analysis; heating elements; integrated optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; resistance heating; temperature distribution; active alignment; fiber-optic modules; finite-element-based analysis; hybrid platform; injection laser; integration platform; on-board thin-film heaters; precision fiber alignment; single-mode fiber-pigtailed photonic devices; solder attachment; Computer aided manufacturing; Copper; Fiber lasers; Finite element methods; Laser modes; Optical fiber devices; Substrates; Temperature; Thin film devices; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159455

Filename

1159455