V-Grooves and Fiber Arrays

The fiber array manufacture is based on placing fiber in the high precision V-Groove Chip with another flat V-Groove Lid on top of it. The end face of the fiber array is optically polished, and on request available also with antireflection coating (ARC).

SQS Fiber Optic Arrays are manufactured and tested to the most rigorous industry standards. Their optical and mechanical performance meets IEC specifications and customer specified requirements.

Features:

• Manufacturing according to customer requirements (standard drawing or custom solution)
• High precision of fiber core positioning (core offset < 0,5 µm)
• PM fiber available (polarization extinction ratio PER > 25 dB)
• Single mode, multimode fiber
• Custom solutions available
• Atypical end face angle polishing available on request

Design:

• From Single Channel up to 128 Channels
• Many types of material (borosilicate glass, fused silica)

Applications:

• Fibers to PLCs
• Fibers to lens arrays
• Detectors

Catalog Sheet for Download in PDF 

Specification Fiber Array

Fiber Array		Fiber Array - PM Version	Orientation of PM Fiber
Channels	up to 128	up to 64	Aligned to Fast Axis	Aligned to Slow Axis	Custom Alignment
V-groove/lid material	borosilicate glass, fused silica	borosilicate glass, fused silica
V-groove pitch	82, 127, 250 or custom	82, 127, 250 or custom
Polished end face	APC, PC or custom	APC, PC or custom
Fiber type	SM, MM, other	Panda or bow tie
Operating wavelenght	350 - 1550 nm	350 - 1550 nm
Fiber core offset	0.5 um (typ. 0.3 µm)	1 µm (typ. 0.7 µm)
Extinction ratio	-	≥25 dB for the wavelength > 630nm
Angle misalignment Θ	-	± 0.5°	Note: . Different orientation of polarization maitaning fibers within fiber array is possible.
Operating temperature	-40 +85°C or custom	-20 +80°C or custom

Examples of use