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Fiberguide Industries Fiber Optic 2D Arrays Technical Data

DESCRIPTION REFERENCE SUMMARY

In the 1990’s Fiberguide developed 2-dimensional arrays of single mode fibers to meet extraordinarily demanding specifications of Lucent Technologies’ Bell Laboratories. They needed the centerlines of 361 fibers in a 19 x 19 array to be positioned to an absolute accuracy of ±2.0 microns over the entire array. This required a positioningaccuracy beyond that possible with conventional machining methods.The solution developed and patented by the technical staff at Fiberguide is to use an alignment plate with holes in it to guide the fibers into position. The plate is made from a wafer of silicon and the position of each hole is established by the same photolithographic and etching methods that are used to make electronic integrated circuits. The following is an exploded view of the entire assembly: Product Category: Arrays Trade Name: Fiber Optic 2D Arrays Fiberguide can adapt this technology to make both linear (1-dimensional) and 2-dimensional arrays to specific customer needs.

FEATURES

•Meets or exceeds Telcordia GR-1221-CORE: Reliability Qualification Requirements for Passive Optical Components.•Manufactured to customer’s own unique application and/or specification. •Precise positioning accuracy for high performance. •Center-to-center pitch from 150µm to 5mm. •Designed utilizing single mode or multimode fiber. •Strain relief packaging.•Distal ends can be provided cleaved, polished, or terminated with a wide variety of standard connectors or customized endfittings.•Detailed test documentation provided with each array on:- Fiber position - Insertion loss - Flatness - Return loss - Fiber “Z” axis position - RMSfor fiber roughness- Fiber-to-fiber angularity- Fiber-to-substrate angularity

2D Arrays - 36215 fiberguide

SM industries Fiberguide Industries, Inc., 1 Bay Street, Stirling, NJ 07980 Phone: 908-647-6601 Fax: 908-647-8464 info@fiberguide.com
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Form No: REF 723 DS006, Rev. 2/25/2008, Printed in the U.S.A. © Copyright 2007 Fiberguide Industries, Inc., Specifications subject to change without notice. 1