System and method for fabricating arrayed optical fiber collimators

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	System and method for fabricating arrayed optical fiber collimators
其他题名	System and method for fabricating arrayed optical fiber collimators
	THE DESIGNATION OF THE INVENTOR HAS NOT YET BEEN FILED
	2005-11-16
专利权人	OSAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
公开日期	2005-11-16
授权国家	欧洲专利局
专利类型	发明申请
摘要	An alignment procedure aligns the components of an arrayed optical fiber and reduces losses association with the collimator, comprising the steps of preparing an optical fiber array block, providing a first fixture, providing a second fixture, providing a flat half mirror and a third fixture, providing a first light receiver and a fourth fixture, providing one of an optical coupler and an optical circulator coupled between the light source and the optical fiber array block, providing a second light receiver, providing a light source providing at least one light beam, adjusting reflection surface angles of the half-mirror to the optical fiber array block in relation to each other, inserting the microlens array substrate on the second fixture, visually adjusting the position of at least one of the microlens array substrate and the optical fiber array block in relation to each other and fixing the optical fiber array block to the microlens array substrate when the optical power provided to the second light receiver is at a maximum, wherein a finished arrayed optical fiber collimator is provided.
其他摘要	对准程序对准阵列光纤的组件并减少与准直器的损耗，包括准备光纤阵列块，提供第一固定装置，提供第二固定装置，提供平面半反射镜和第三固定装置的步骤，提供第一光接收器和第四固定装置，提供耦合在光源和光纤阵列块之间的光耦合器和光环行器之一，提供第二光接收器，提供提供至少一个光束的光源，调节半透半反镜相对于光纤阵列块的反射表面角度相互关联，将微透镜阵列基板插入第二固定装置，可视地调整微透镜阵列基板和光纤阵列块中的至少一个的位置。当提供光功率时，将光纤阵列块固定到微透镜阵列基板上o第二光接收器处于最大值，其中提供完成的阵列光纤准直器。
主权项	A method for actively aligning components of an arrayed optical fiber collimator using an auto-aligner, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an optical fiber array block for receiving and retaining a plurality of individual optical fibers and a microlens array substrate including a plurality of microlenses integrated along a microlens surface and a substrate surface opposite the microlens surface, wherein an arrayed optical fiber collimator consists of the optical fiber array block and the microlens array substrate; (b) providing a first fixture for receiving and retaining the optical fiber array block; (c) providing a second fixture for receiving and retaining the microlens array substrate; (d) providing a flat half mirror and a third fixture for receiving and retaining the half mirror, the half mirror partially reflecting the light beam when the light beam is at a desired wavelength; (e) providing a first light receiver and a fourth fixture for receiving and retaining at least a portion of the first light receiver, wherein the first light receiver is positioned to receive a light beam from at least one of the integrated microlenses and the first light receiver is a visual detector; (f) providing one of an optical coupler and an optical circulator coupled between the light source and the optical fiber array block, wherein one of the optical coupler and the optical circulator are coupled to at least one of the plurality of individual optical fibers; (g) providing a second light receiver coupled to an output port of one of the optical circulator and the optical coupler and the second light receiver is a photodetector; (h) providing a light source providing at least one light beam from a light source to at least two of the plurality of individual optical fibers; (i) adjusting reflection surface angles of the half-mirror to the optical fiber array block in relation to each other to maximize the optical power of the light beam received by the second light receiver; (j) inserting the microlens array substrate on the second fixture between the optical fiber array block and the half-mirror; (k) visually adjusting the position of at least one of the microlens array substrate and the optical fiber array block in relation to each other to maximize the optical power of the light beam received by the first light receiver; and (l) fixing the optical fiber array block to the microlens array substrate when the optical power provided to the second light receiver is at a maximum, wherein a finished arrayed optical fiber collimator is provided.
申请日期	2002-04-29
专利号	EP1596227A1
专利状态	失效
申请号	EP2005106270
公开（公告）号	EP1596227A1
IPC 分类号	G02B5/30 \| G02B6/00 \| G02B6/32 \| G02B6/38 \| G02B6/42 \| G02B27/62 \| H01S3/00 \| H01S3/30
专利代理人	-
代理机构	GERVASI, GEMMA
文献类型	专利
条目标识符	http://ir.opt.ac.cn/handle/181661/52717
专题	半导体激光器专利数据库
作者单位	OSAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	THE DESIGNATION OF THE INVENTOR HAS NOT YET BEEN FILED. System and method for fabricating arrayed optical fiber collimators. EP1596227A1[P]. 2005-11-16.