30Gbit/s并行光发射模块制作过程中的光耦合及封装

介绍了并行光发射模块制作过程中，垂直腔面发射激光器列阵与列阵光纤的对准及固定方法. 对斜面光纤折弯耦合和垂直耦合两种方法进行了实验研究，得到的平均耦合效率均达70%以上. 比较了两种耦合方式的利弊. 针对列阵光纤耦合的特点，介绍了列阵光纤耦合过程中光纤的位置、角度的调整方法和特点.     

4×10Gbit/s并行光模块串扰优化设计

为了对4×10Gbit/s并行光模块光串扰进行优化,采用了ABCD传输矩阵法,结合光纤耦合约束条件以及准直透镜、自聚焦透镜和光纤端面球透镜的理论,设计出两套优化方案。研究了垂直腔面发射激光器光束特性,利用MATLAB进行理论分析,模拟得出光斑半径与发散角的关系,并分析了串扰情况。在ZEMAX非序列模式下完成了光路建模,优化结构中透镜参量以及光纤端面设计,进行了理论分析和实验验证,取得了优化后耦合光斑半径与耦合效率。结果表明,间接耦合优化结构中,到达光纤端面的光斑为53.72μm,耦合效率达到72.59%;而直接耦合优化结构中,到达光纤端面的光斑为3.695μm,耦合效率高达到76.11%,有效地解决了并行光模块之间的光串扰问题。这一结果对光网络信号传输质量优化方面是有帮助的。     

High optical coupling efficiency using 45 °-ended fibre for low-height and low-cost optical interconnect modules

High optical coupling efficiency of more than 80% between an optical fibre and a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) has been achieved without use of a lens. A 45deg-ended fine-drawn optical fibre can be positioned closer to a VCSEL than a conventional multimode fibre. 12.5 Gbit/s/ch optical signal transmissions using a low-height optical coupling structure have been demonstrated with optical output power as high as +2.0 dBm without use of a lens.     

Parallel optical transmitter module using angled fibers and a V-grooved silicon optical bench for VCSEL array

We propose an advanced structure of optical subassembly (OSA) for packaging of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array, using (111) facet mirror of the V-groove ends formed in a silicon optical bench (SiOB) and angled fiber apertures. The feature of our OSA can provide a low optical crosstalk between neighboring channels, a low feedback reflection, and a large misalignment tolerance along the V-groove. We describe the optimized design of fiber angle, VCSEL position, and fiber position. The fabricated OSA structure consists of 12 channels of angled fiber array, 54.7/spl deg/ V-grooves, Au-coated mirrors on (111) end facet of the V-grooves, and flip-chip-bonded VCSEL array on a SiOB. In this structure, the beam emitted from the VCSEL is deflected at the 54.7/spl deg/ mirror of (111) end facet and propagated into the angled fiber. The angled fiber array was polished by 57/spl deg/. Fabricated OSAs showed a coupling efficiency of 30%-50% that is 25 times larger than that obtained from an OSA with a vertically flat fiber array. Our OSA showed large misalignment tolerance of about 90 /spl mu/m along the longitudinal direction in the V-groove. We fabricated a parallel optical transmitter module using the OSA and demonstrated 12 channels /spl times/2.5 Gb/s data transmission with a clear eye diagram.     

High Power Fiber Bundle Array Coupled LDA Module

1 Introduction High power laser diode arrays (LDA) have many advan- tages such as small volume, long working life, high slope efficiency and high optical density, so they have many applications in medical treatment, material pro- cessing, and for the pumping source of solid laser and etc. But unfortunately, the LDA can not be easy to use directly in these fields because of their poor beam quality and extremely asymmetric divergent beams (!x≈ 5°～10°and !y≈20°～35°, for example), so it …     

利用单透镜结构实现自由空间激光进入单模光纤的耦合研究

自由空间激光与光纤的高效耦合可大幅降低激光 能量损耗。基于高斯光束通过透镜的传输规律,分 析经过单透镜变换后的激光光束特性,即像方激光光束特性。对自由空间激光与单模光纤的 优化耦合进行研究。通过分析匹配单透镜参数对像方光束的影响, 选择单透镜合适焦距参数,实现激光与光纤参数的高效匹配,满足激光光束的像方腰斑小于 10 μm且数值孔 径小于0.12。通过实例,分析采用焦距为5mm的单透镜对780 nm空间激光到单模光纤的耦合效 率,结果表明自由空间激光到单模光纤的耦合效率高达90%。该耦合 系统结构简单,可实现激光由自由空间到至光纤的高效率传输。     

Multichannel transmission of a multicore fiber coupled withvertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

A two-channel simultaneous transmission is experimented using direct coupling between a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array and a novel 2×2 core optical fiber. No crosstalk is observed. Coupling efficiency and mechanical tolerance are good enough to envisage system applications     

Technology development of a high-density 32-channel 16-Gb/s opticaldata link for optical interconnection applications for theoptoelectronic technology consortium (OETC)

A parallel, 32-channel, high density (140 μm pitch), 500 Mb/s NRZ, point-to-point, optical data link has been fabricated using existing GaAs IC, silicon optical bench (SiOB), and multichip module (MCM-D) technologies. The main components of the transmitter and the receiver modules are a GaAs-based vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array at 850 mn with its IC driver array chip and an integrated metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) receiver (photodetector and signal processing circuits) array at 850 nm. The package module uses a modified 164 I/O JEDEC premolded plastic quad flat pack (PQFP) in combination with a polymer film integrated circuit (POLYFIC) chip carrier. The electrical input and output are 500 Mb/s NRZ binary signals. The optical I/O in both modules consists of a directly-connectorized (nonpigtail) fiber array block that plugs into the 32×1 optical fiber ribbon directly on one side and accepts 32 optical signals from the SEL array or delivers them to the MSM receiver array via a gold-coated 45° polished fiber array mirror. The MACII-32 ribbon cable is an enhanced version of the standard MACII connector ribbon cable. This paper characterizes key components of the optical data link, describes its package design, and discusses preliminary component and optical data link test results     

Self-Alignment of Optical Devices With Fiber for Low-Cost Optical Interconnect Modules

We propose a novel self-alignment process of optical devices with optical fiber. A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) was automatically coupled with a multimode fiber (MMF) through the surface tension of a liquid adhesive within 1.5 s. Misalignment between the center of the VCSEL and the fiber was measured to be 15 mum, which is acceptable for coupling the VCSEL with the MMF. High-speed pulse modulation of the self-aligned VCSEL up to 5 Gb/s, as well as at 1 Gb/s, was demonstrated. The average optical output power was as high as -5.9 dBm at 1 Gb/s.     

Self-written waveguide on a VCSEL-emitting window using a photomask transfer method

This study is focused on a self-written waveguide (SWW) fabricated using a new photomask transfer method. With the proposed photomask transfer method, an SWW array was successfully fabricated on vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) diode-emitting windows. It was found that the output power of a VCSEL having the SWW increased as compared to that of VCSEL without the SWW. We have confirmed that the optical output is independent of the placement of the emitting window inside the SWW. Optical coupling between an SWW and a graded-index multimode fiber was also demonstrated.     

Fabrication of semiconductor optical switch module using laser welding technique

The 4/spl times/4, 1/spl times/2, and 1/spl times/4 semiconductor optic-switch modules for 1550 nm optical communication systems were fabricated by using the laser welding technique based on the 30-pin butterfly package. For better coupling efficiency between a switch chip and an optical fiber, tapered fibers of 10-15 /spl mu/m lens radius were used to provide the coupling efficiency up to 60%. The lens to lens distance of the assembled tapered fiber array was controlled within /spl plusmn/1.0 /spl mu/m. A laser hammering technique was introduced to adjust the radial shift, which was critical to obtain comparable optical coupling efficiencies from all the channels at the same time. The fabricated optical switch modules showed good thermal stability, with less than 5% degradation after a 200 thermal cycling. The transmission characteristics of the 4/spl times/4 switch module showed good sensitivities, providing error free transmissions below -30 dBm for all the switching paths. The dynamic ranges for the 4/spl times/4 and 1/spl times/2 switch modules were about 8 dB for a 3 dB penalty and about 17 dB for a 2 dB penalty, respectively.     

Packaging for a 40-channel parallel optical interconnection modulewith an over-25-Gbit/s throughput

NTT is currently working on developing a high-throughput interconnection module that is both compact and cost effective. The technology being developed is called “parallel inter-board optical interconnection technology”, or “ParaBIT”. The ParaBIT module that has been developed is the first step; it is a front-end module with 40 channels, a throughput of over 25 Gbit/s, and a transmission distance of over 100 m along multimode fibers. One major feature of this module is the use of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays as very cost-effective light sources. These arrays enable the same packaging structure to be used for both the transmitter and receiver. To achieve super-multichannel performance, high-density multiport bare-fiber (BF) connectors were developed for the module's optical interface. Unlike conventional optical connectors, these BF connectors do not need a ferrule or spring. This ensures physical contact with an excellent insertion loss (less than 0.1 dB per channel). A polymeric optical waveguide film with a 45° mirror for coupling to the VCSEL and photo-diode (PD) arrays by passive optical alignment was also developed. To facilitate coupling between the VCSEL/PD array chips and the waveguide, a packaging technique was developed to align and die bond the optical array chips on a substrate. This technique is called transferred multichip bonding (TMB); it can be used to mount optical array chips on a substrate with a positioning error of only several micrometers. These packaging techniques enabled ultra-parallel interconnections to be achieved in prototype ParaBIT modules     

空间光-光纤阵列耦合自动对准实验研究

为了使空间光-光纤耦合结构具有一定的抗抖动能力,采用自聚焦透镜和多模光纤耦合阵列结构结合模拟退火算法对光纤阵列实行2维控制,自动搜寻空间光-光纤耦合最佳视轴对准姿态。对光纤阵列和模拟退火算法进行了理论分析实验验证,取得了耦合效率变化的相关数据。结果表明,通过模拟退火算法可以实现空间光-光纤视轴对准,且光斑中心在耦合端面中心抖动小于2.5mm时,耦合功率波动小于35%,满足无线激光通信系统的要求。     

A compact optical isolator with a plano-convex YIG lens forlaser-to-fiber coupling

An optical isolator for laser-to-single-mode fiber coupling is discussed. The coupling unit consists of a confocal two-lens system with a spherical glass lens and a planoconvex lens which is made of yttrium iron garnet (YIG). To minimize the number of elements, the YIG lens is used as a Faraday rotator as well as a coupling lens. Nevertheless, the planoconvex YIG lens satisfies the requirements of high coupling efficiency, high isolation, and low optical feedback from the Faraday rotator. The arrangement is theoretically and experimentally investigated. At a coupling efficiency of 34%, the total optical feedback into the laser diode was measured to be about -60 dB     

光纤耦合技术的星图模拟技术研究

针对深空导航敏感器的地面标定对多星等、高星等的技术要求,提出一种基于光纤耦合技术的星图模拟新方法,创新性的运用了OLED面光源和光纤耦合机构配合高精密靶标的技术来模拟星图.结合所设计星图模拟器指标,重点对光纤面光源耦合和OLED面光源亮度双调制技术进行了深入研究,分析了光纤面光源的耦合技术的关键条件,为实现较高的光耦合效率,选择数值孔径为0.6的大芯径聚合物光纤(POF)与自聚焦透镜组成耦合机构,设计结果表明聚光斑100 m,纤芯轴向光能量利用率大于80%;所研究的面光源双调制技术在星等模拟中的设计结果说明:该技术可解决单一的电气灰度调制或空间灰度调制无法实现5~10等星精确模拟的的技术难题.     

Single high-order transverse mode surface-emitting laser with controlled far-field pattern

Single transverse mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with high output power are important for high-speed data links, optical recording, laser processing, and so on. We demonstrate a single high-order transverse mode VCSEL with narrow trenches formed on its top surface by using a focused ion beam. The formation of four straight cross trenches resulted in the selection of a stable LP/sub 41/ mode oscillation. A large far-field angle of the LP/sub 41/ mode, which causes a low coupling efficiency even with a multimode fiber, was drastically reduced by loading a phase shift layer. A single-lobe far-field pattern with low scattering loss was realized by loading a spatial phase shift of SiO/sub 2/. We evaluated a coupling efficiency with a single-mode fiber including its alignment tolerance. The controlled far-field pattern enables lens-free direct coupling with a single-mode fiber even for large active-area VCSELs.     

紫外-可见光谱水质检测系统的多束LED光纤耦合研究

针对紫外-可见光谱水质检测系统单个LED光源输出功率低、光束质量差的问题,提出了一种多束紫外LED光源与光纤合束耦合的结构设计方案.运用ZEMAX光学分析软件开展了仿真设计研究,针对紫外LED光源与光纤耦合发散角较大的问题,设计了非球面准直透镜,准直后发散角为0.403 mrad;针对光束尺寸与光纤的匹配问题,进行了消色差双分离聚焦耦合透镜的设计.实验结果表明,合束LED光束汇聚的弥散斑的RMS尺寸为186.412 μm,GEO点尺寸为290.071 μm,光束中95％以上的能量集中在300μm以内,实现了多束LED光源与光纤的高效耦合.     

大功率半导体光放大器的耦合工艺研究

针对高速大功率半导体激光器,设计了主振激光器与半导体光放大器分立集成的高速大功率半导体激光器组件,并对其中半导体光放大器(SOA)的光纤耦合技术进行了研究,采用单模光纤耦合技术以及光路可逆原理设计了SOA的注入端耦合光路,实现了主振激光器到SOA的高效注入,耦合效率大于50%,采用微透镜组技术设计了SOA输出端的耦合光路,实现了Φ62.5μm的光纤耦合输出238mW。同时针对光纤耦合工艺,利用Ansys软件对耦合结构进行了激光焊接耦合工艺的热应力分析,得到了优化的焊接工艺条件,并对耦合中存在的应力进行了释放处理,有效提高了输出功率的稳定性。     

Low-Cost, Precision, Self-Alignment Technique for Coupling Laser and Photodiode Arrays to Polymer Waveguide Arrays on Multilayer PCBs

The first, to our knowledge, passive, precision, self-alignment technique for direct coupling of vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and photodiode (PD) arrays to an array of polymer buried channel waveguides on a rigid printed circuit board (PCB) is reported. It gives insertion losses as good as the best achieved previously, to within experimental measurement accuracy, but without the need for costly active alignment nor waveguide facet polishing and so is a major step towards a commercially realizable low cost connector. Such an optical connector with four duplex channels each operating at 10 Gb/s (80 Gb/s aggregate) was designed, constructed, and its alignment precision assessed. The alignment technique is applicable to polymer waveguide interconnections on both rigid and flexible multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs). The dependence of optical coupling loss on misalignments in $x$, $y$ and $z$ of the VCSEL and PD arrays allows the precision of alignment to be assessed and its reproducibility on multiple mating cycles of the connector is reported. The first recorded measurements of crosstalk between waveguides when the connector is misaligned are reported. Lateral misalignments of the connector to within its tolerance are shown to have no effect on the signal to crosstalk ratio (SCR), to within experimental measurement accuracy. The insertion loss repeatability is similar to that of single mode fiber mechanically transferable (MT) connectors.      

High-Speed Optical Interconnect Coupler Based on Soft Lithography Ribbons

In this paper, high-speed optical ribbon couplers for card-to-backplane interconnect applications are presented. The ribbon couplers are based on evanescent coupling between flexible multimode waveguide arrays. A soft lithographic technique is utilized to fabricate the ribbons. A flexible nonterminating optical data bus has been developed. Using BeamPROP software, we simulated the evanescent light coupling between two closely spaced ribbon waveguides to study the effects of waveguides separation, interaction length, and misalignment on coupling efficiency. Further experimental analysis and tests have been performed to quantify these effects. To investigate data transmission performance, a 12-channel optical interconnect link has been assembled. Experimental results demonstrated successful evanescent coupling; facilitating auto alignment coupling between card and backplane ribbon waveguides at data speeds as high as 10 Gb/s per channel. The evident high-speed interconnect performance and rapid ribbon prototyping approach can result in overall lower cost coupler fabrication for prospective optical interconnect applications.