Single-mode performance of stamped metallic fiber-optic turning mirror arrays for WDM LAN and RF-over-fiber applications

The aerospace environment presents a formidable research and engineering challenge for designing, packaging and qualifying components for avionics-grade, active and passive, single-mode wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). New optoelectronic package interface and optical subassembly designs are currently under development for single-mode avionics WDM local area network (WDM LAN) as well as RF-over-fiber application modules. Further, stamped metal components with nanometer-scale dimensional tolerances can miniaturize, increase the density, and reduce the cost of packages for single-mode WDM LAN and RF-over-fiber modules for commercial and aerospace applications.