Multichannel fiber ferrule for a stable laser-diode array module |
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Authors: | Nakagawa G. Miura K. Tanaka K. Yano M. |
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Affiliation: | Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi; |
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Abstract: | We developed a multichannel fiber ferrule for a stable laser-diode array module. To apply YAG laser welding to parallel butt couple between the laser-diode and the single-mode fiber arrays, hermetically sealed and precisely aligned equi-interval fibers are required. We describe a V-grooved ceramic ferrule for embedding fibers. Fibers are fixed by soldering, using a flat ceramic lid and aligned with a 250 μm pitch. Our ferrule allowed a metallic, stem mounting laser-diode, to be fixed by YAG laser welding. All 30 samples tested have a leak rate of less than 1×10-10 atm·cc/s. Optical coupling of fabricated modules was 9.7±0.2 dB and coupling loss change from 25°C to 115°C was within 0.5 dB |
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