A micro optical bench for alignment-free optical coupling

Author

Aoki, Y. ; Kato, T. ; Mizuno, J.R. ; Iga, K.

Author_Institution

Precision & Intelligence Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

1998

fDate

20-24 July 1998

Abstract

We have fabricated a micro optical bench (MOB) for realization of alignment free optical coupling module. For single mode fibers, there is a coupling loss of less than 3dB for 1.55 /spl mu/m and channel uniformity of less than 1 dB was achieved. For multi mode fibers, the coupling loss of about 0.5dB was achieved. In this study, we have demonstrated the feasibility of realizing alignment-free coupling using MOB scheme.

Keywords

micro-optics; micromechanical devices; modules; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical losses; 0.5 dB; 1.55 mum; 3 dB; MOB scheme; alignment-free optical coupling; channel uniformity; coupling loss; micro optical bench fabrication; multi mode fibers; single mode fibers; Lenses; Microoptics; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Sprites (computer); Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Optical Networks and Technologies: An Emerging Reality/Optical MEMS/Smart Pixels/Organic Optics and Optoelectronics. 1998 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4953-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1998.689727

Filename

689727