Hybrid WDM transmitter/receiver module using alignment free assembly techniques

Author

Goto, Akio ; Nakamura, Shinichi ; Kurata, Kazuhiko ; Funabashi, Masaaki ; Tanabe, Takashi ; Komatsu, Kouya ; Akiyama, Osamu ; Kitamura, Naoki ; Tamura, Takefumi ; Ishikawa, Shigeta

Author_Institution

Opt. Devices Dev. Dept., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

1997

fDate

18-21 May 1997

Firstpage

620

Lastpage

625

Abstract

A hybrid WDM transmitter/receiver module with a Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) has been developed using alignment free assembly techniques. The newly developed WDM module consists of three optical components. One is an LD-fiber coupling unit, the second is a PLC unit on which two kinds of fibers and an LD-fiber coupling unit are mounted, and the last is a ceramic PKG on which a bare receiver-amplifier and photodiodes are mounted. These three components can be assembled without optical adjusting, so that high productivity and a compact size of 36 mm×12.5 mm×3 mm are achieved. This WDM module can transmit/receive 1.3 μm bidirectional signals by time compression multiplexing and multi/demultiplex 1.3/1.5 μm signals

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; integrated optoelectronics; microassembling; modules; multiplexing equipment; optical couplers; optical planar waveguides; optical receivers; optical transmitters; p-i-n photodiodes; semiconductor lasers; surface mount technology; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.3 micron; 1.5 micron; LD-fiber coupling unit; PLC unit; alignment free assembly techniques; ceramic PKG; hybrid WDM transmitter/receiver module; photodiodes; planar lightwave circuit; receiver-amplifier; time compression multiplexing; Assembly; Ceramics; Coupling circuits; Optical devices; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photodiodes; Productivity; Programmable control; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1997. Proceedings., 47th

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3857-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1997.606235

Filename

606235