FR2756056B1 - DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND HOLDING OPTICAL COMPONENTS - Google Patents

DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND HOLDING OPTICAL COMPONENTS

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FR2756056B1
FR2756056B1 FR9614225A FR9614225A FR2756056B1 FR 2756056 B1 FR2756056 B1 FR 2756056B1 FR 9614225 A FR9614225 A FR 9614225A FR 9614225 A FR9614225 A FR 9614225A FR 2756056 B1 FR2756056 B1 FR 2756056B1
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positioning
optical components
holding optical
holding
components
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FR9614225A
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FR2756056A1 (en
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Patrick Pouteau
Claude Chabrol
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique CEA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4219—Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor
    • G02B6/4233—Active alignment along the optical axis and passive alignment perpendicular to the optical axis
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/30—Optical coupling means for use between fibre and thin-film device
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/32—Optical coupling means having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3632—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3636—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means the mechanical coupling means being grooves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
    • G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
    • G02B6/4219—Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor
    • G02B6/4228—Passive alignment, i.e. without a detection of the degree of coupling or the position of the elements
    • G02B6/423—Passive alignment, i.e. without a detection of the degree of coupling or the position of the elements using guiding surfaces for the alignment

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
FR9614225A 1996-11-21 1996-11-21 DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND HOLDING OPTICAL COMPONENTS Expired - Fee Related FR2756056B1 (en)

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FR2756056B1 true FR2756056B1 (en) 1998-12-11

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US6373644B1 (en) * 1999-11-15 2002-04-16 Axsun Technologies, Inc. Micro optical bench component clip structures
DE10016443A1 (en) * 2000-03-29 2001-10-11 Infineon Technologies Ag Coupling arrangement
FR2817628B1 (en) * 2000-12-05 2003-01-03 Commissariat Energie Atomique STRUCTURE FOR SEPARATING AND PREPOSITIONING A FIBER ASSEMBLY AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A FIBER ASSEMBLY
WO2015053625A1 (en) * 2013-10-07 2015-04-16 Ac Optomechanix Receiving device and method for manufacturing such a receiving device
EP3418784B1 (en) * 2017-06-21 2021-09-08 ADVA Optical Networking SE Photonic chip/optical device for aligning and connecting an optical fiber and a photonic integrated waveguide and method of its production

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CA1299407C (en) * 1986-09-29 1992-04-28 Lucius Joseph Freeman Optical fiber connecting means
WO1991003755A1 (en) * 1989-08-29 1991-03-21 Fibotech, Inc. High precision fiberoptic alignment spring receptacle and fiberoptic probe
DE3939112A1 (en) * 1989-11-25 1991-05-29 Kernforschungsz Karlsruhe DEVICE FOR POSITIONING OPTICAL FIBERS IN CONNECTING ELEMENTS
DE4117449C1 (en) * 1991-05-28 1992-09-17 Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe Gmbh, 7500 Karlsruhe, De
FR2719912B1 (en) * 1994-05-10 1996-06-21 Radiall Sa Device for connecting optical fibers to waveguides formed in a substrate.
GB2297626A (en) * 1995-01-27 1996-08-07 Cambridge Consultants Miniature mounting grooved substrate

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