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Micro-optical components for parallel optical networks

Jens HossfeldA. PicardLutz WeberWolfgang EhrfeldJens SchulzeMichel Neumeier

subject

MicrolensMaterials sciencebusiness.industryOptical engineeringOptical cross-connectWaveguide (optics)Optical switchlaw.inventionOpticslawOptoelectronicsLIGAbusinessOptical add-drop multiplexerOptical attenuator

description

Key components for parallel optical links are fabricated cost-effectively using LIGA technology. Multifiber ferrules and mechanical splices, 1/spl times/2 and 4/spl times/4 single-mode matrix switches and micro lens arrays with passive alignment structures are presented.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2002-11-271998 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting. Digest. Broadband Optical Networks and Technologies: An Emerging Reality. Optical MEMS. Smart Pixels. Organic Optics and Optoelectronics (Cat. No.98TH8369)
https://doi.org/10.1109/leosst.1998.689720