System and method for aligning and attaching optical fibers to optical
waveguides, and products obtained thereby
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    发明授权
    System and method for aligning and attaching optical fibers to optical waveguides, and products obtained thereby 失效
    用于将光纤对准和附​​接到光波导的系统和方法以及由此获得的产品

    公开(公告)号:US5926594A

    公开(公告)日:1999-07-20

    申请号:US473127

    申请日:1995-06-07

    摘要: An input optical fiber (22), an output optical fiber (24, 26) and a waveguide (14) in an integrated optic chip (IOC) (12) intermediate the fibers are coupled together using service and alignment robots (42; 48, 50, 52). The service robot (42) establishes the three dimensional position of the waveguide. The alignment robots (48, 50, 52) three dimensionally and angularly align the input and output fibers respectively to the input and output legs (16; 18, 20) of the waveguide. An adhesive applying tool (46) coupled with the service robot adheres the input and output fibers respectively to their waveguide input and output legs. Included are specifics for an optical fiber clamp (110) capable of maintaining the orientation of a fiber while it is moved to another location, a vacuum holder (210) for holding and rotating an optical fiber for polarization purposes, goniometer mapping and positioning of an optical fiber with respect to the pivotal axis of the goniometer (324), initial light launching of an optical fiber to a waveguide using the fiber (422) in its cladding mode, planar and angular position alignment of optical fibers to optical waveguides, an alignment procedure for establishing a gap between waveguides, and attaching optical waveguides together.

    摘要翻译: 在光纤中间的集成光学芯片(IOC)(12)中的输入光纤(22),输出光纤(24,26)和波导(14)使用服务和对准机器人(42; 48, 50,52)。 服务机器人(42)建立波导的三维位置。 对准机器人(48,50,52)将输入和输出光纤分别三维和角度地对准到波导的输入和输出腿(16; 18,20)。 与服务机器连接的粘合剂施加工具(46)将输入和输出纤维分别粘附到其波导输入和输出腿。 包括能够在纤维移动到另一位置时保持纤维取向的光纤夹具(110)的细节,用于保持和旋转用于偏振目的的光纤的真空保持器(210),测角仪的映射和定位 相对于测角器(324)的枢转轴线的光纤,在其包层模式下使用光纤(422)将光纤初始光发射到波导,光纤到光波导的平面和角位置对准,对准 在波导之间建立间隙并将光波导连接在一起的过程。