Alignment and fixing of fiber optics based on electrothermal MEMS actuators

A. Unamuno; J. Yao; D.G. Uttamchandani

doi:10.1109/LPT.2005.844006

Alignment and fixing of fiber optics based on electrothermal MEMS actuators

A. Unamuno, J. Yao, D.G. Uttamchandani

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

An aligning and fixing method for fiber optics is described in this letter. The alignment is performed using a chevron-type thermal microactuator while the fixing is achieved by ultraviolet curing of an epoxy adhesive once the optical fibers are aligned. The microactuator has been extended so that the heaters and the optical adhesive are separated to avoid curing of the adhesive by temperature. A prototype has been fabricated using 80-μm-thick metallized silicon-on-insulator and mechanical and optical results from the alignment of two bare single-mode optical fibers before, during, and after the fixing are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	816-818
Number of pages	2
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2005.844006
Publication status	Published - Apr 2005

Keywords

curing
integrated optics
micro-optics
microactuators
optical design techniques
optical fibre couplers
optical fibre fabrication
optical fibre losses

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