WO2015106567A1 - 一种光耦合器件和光耦合单元 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of optical communications, and in particular, to an optical coupling device and an optical coupling unit. Background technique
- the optical waveguide-based optical interconnection method has the advantages of high bandwidth, high density, fast transmission speed, low transmission power consumption, low loss, substantially no crosstalk and electromagnetic compatibility, and therefore, the optical printed backplane based on the optical waveguide is replaced.
- the electro-printed backplane has become the trend of high-speed and broadband interconnection development, and is the core technology to solve the broadband bandwidth problem of broadband communication networks, supercomputers and big data centers in the future.
- the optical coupling related device plays an important role in the interconnection optical waveguide system, and is determined. An important part of interconnecting system performance.
- embodiments of the present invention provide an optical coupling device and an optical coupling unit.
- An embodiment of the present invention provides an optical coupling device, where the optical coupling device includes: a right-angle reflecting prism and a fiber optic movable connector; a reflective surface of the right-angle reflecting prism is disposed on the reflecting surface to converge the light propagating through the optical fiber
- the fiber optic movable connector is fixed to the right angle reflecting prism such that light propagating through the optical fiber is incident on the curved reflecting surface of the right angle reflecting prism.
- the fiber optic connector is provided with a fiber coupling tube, and a central position and a pitch of the curved reflecting surface are the same as a center position and a spacing of the fiber coupling tube.
- the curvature of the curved reflecting surface is designed according to the numerical aperture parameter of the fiber coupling tube, so that the light of the maximum angle incident from the optical fiber to the curved reflecting surface is concentrated and then parallelized by the curved reflecting surface.
- the types of the right-angle reflecting prisms of the optical coupling device are: a single-path reflecting prism, a two-way reflecting prism, a single-row multi-path reflecting prism, and a double-column multi-path reflecting prism
- the fixing of the right angle is used.
- the types of fiber optic connectors of the reflective prism are: single-row fiber optic connector, dual fiber optic connector, single-row multi-fiber active connector, and dual-row multi-fiber active connector.
- the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole of the right-angle reflecting prism correspond to the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole of the optical fiber movable connector.
- the optical fiber movable connector and the right-angle reflective prism are connected by a positioning guide pin respectively connected to the right-angle reflection prism and the positioning guide pin hole on the optical fiber movable connector; the right-angle reflection prism uses the ultraviolet glue Fixed to the surface of the fiber optic connector, the UV glue is applied to the connection of the positioning pin to the right-angle reflector and the fiber optic connector, or to the edge of the right-angle reflector that is connected to the fiber optic connector.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide an optical coupling unit that includes an optical waveguide and the optical coupling device, and the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the optical waveguide to be optically coupled.
- the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the optical waveguide, and includes: a groove is disposed at a position above the planar optical waveguide substrate in the optical waveguide, and a right-angle reflective prism in the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the concave In the groove, the size of the groove is greater than or equal to the size of the right angle reflecting prism.
- the optical waveguide when the types of the right-angle reflecting prisms in the optical coupling device are: a single-path reflecting prism, a two-way reflecting prism, a single-column multi-path reflecting prism, and a double-column multi-path reflecting prism, the optical waveguide
- the types are: single optical waveguide, two-way optical waveguide, single-column multi-path optical waveguide and dual-column multi-path optical waveguide.
- the curvature of the curved reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism in the optical coupling device is designed according to the numerical aperture parameter of the fiber coupling tube and the optical waveguide, so that the maximum angle of the light incident from the optical fiber to the curved reflecting surface passes through the curved reflecting surface. After convergence, the angle of the outgoing light is smaller than the numerical aperture of the optical waveguide.
- a curved reflecting surface is disposed on a reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism of the optical coupling device, and the optical fiber movable connector in the optical coupling device is fixed to the right-angle reflecting prism.
- the light propagating through the optical fiber is incident on the curved surface of the curved surface, and the light propagating through the optical fiber is concentrated and then reflected out; thus, the loss during light propagation can be reduced, and the optical coupling efficiency can be improved; and the present invention is implemented.
- the optical coupling device and the optical coupling unit provided by the example have a simple structure, and the manufacturing method thereof is simple and easy.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a prior art right angle reflecting prism
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an optical coupling device according to at least one embodiment of the present invention
- 3 is a cross-sectional view of a fiber optic movable connector according to at least one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a perspective structural view of a right angle reflecting prism according to at least one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a double view of at least one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective structural view of a single-row multi-path reflective prism according to at least one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a perspective structural view of a multi-row multi-path reflective prism according to at least one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a method of fabricating an optical coupling device according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a method of fabricating an optical coupling device according to at least one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of an optical coupling unit according to at least one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method for fabricating an optical coupling unit according to at least one embodiment of the present invention. detailed description
- an optical coupling device including a fiber optic movable connector and a right angle reflecting prism
- a curved reflecting surface is disposed on a reflecting surface of the right angle reflecting prism
- the optical fiber movable connector is The right-angle reflecting prism is fixed, so that light propagating through the optical fiber is incident on the curved reflecting surface, and then the light propagating through the optical fiber is concentrated and then reflected, thereby reducing loss during light propagation and improving optical coupling efficiency.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a right-angle reflecting prism.
- two right-angled sides AB and AC represent two mutually perpendicular sides on a right-angle reflecting prism
- BC represents a reflecting surface on a right-angle reflecting prism.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an optical coupling device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the optical coupling device comprises a fiber optic movable connector 21 and a right-angle reflecting prism 23 is disposed on the reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism 23, and a curved reflecting surface 24 is disposed on the reflecting surface 24 for collecting and reflecting the light incident thereon;
- the optical fiber movable connector 21 is fixed to the right angle reflecting prism 23;
- the fiber optic movable connector 21 includes a fiber coupling tube 22 for fixing and aligning the optical fibers such that light propagating through the optical fibers is incident on the curved reflecting surface 24 of the right angle reflecting prism 23.
- the curved reflecting surface 24 is plated with a high reflectivity optical film, and the optical film on the curved reflecting surface 24 may be coated with a metal film such as gold or silver, or may be coated with other dielectric films;
- the curved surface 24 of the rear surface can achieve higher reflectivity and achieve total reflection of incident light.
- the optical fiber is fixed in the fiber coupling tube 22 of the optical fiber movable connector 21, the incident light transmitted through the optical fiber is incident on the right angle reflecting prism. After the curved reflecting surface 24, the incident light is reflected off through the curved reflecting surface 24 coated with the high reflectivity optical film.
- the optical fiber movable connector 21 there is no special requirement for the type and structure of the optical fiber movable connector 21.
- the types of the optical fiber movable connector 21 include but are not limited to: MT-RJ or MPO (Multi-fiber Push)
- MPO Multi-fiber Push
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the fiber optic movable connector 21, in which the portion A filled with the horizontal line is the cross section of the fiber coupling tube 22, and the B and C filled with the oblique line show the two positioning pin holes;
- a perspective view of a right angle reflecting prism 23 provided by at least one embodiment of the present invention the reference numeral 41 indicates the position where the curved reflecting surface is located, and the reference numeral 42 indicates the position of a positioning guide pin hole; in practical applications,
- the number and position of the positioning pin holes on the fiber movable connector 21 and the right-angle reflecting prism 23 can be designed as needed, and are not limited to the structure provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- center position and spacing of the curved reflecting surface 24 of the right angle reflecting prism 23 should be the same as the center position and spacing of the fiber coupling tube 22 in the selected fiber optic connector 21.
- the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole on the right-angle reflecting prism 23 should match the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole on the selected fiber movable connector 21, thereby better connecting the fiber activity by positioning the pin.
- the connector 21 and the right-angle reflecting prism 23 should match the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole on the selected fiber movable connector 21, thereby better connecting the fiber activity by positioning the pin.
- the right-angle reflecting prism 23 is fixed on the surface of the optical fiber movable connector 21, so that the light transmitted through the optical fiber is incident on the curved reflecting surface 24 of the right-angle reflecting prism 23, And reflected out through the curved reflecting surface 24.
- the fiber optic movable connector 21 is fixed to the right angle reflecting prism 23, and includes: a right angle reflecting prism 23 is connected to the fiber optic movable connector 21 by a positioning pin, and the positioning pin is respectively connected to the right angle reflecting prism 23 And a positioning pin hole on the fiber optic movable connector 21; in addition, the right angle reflecting prism 23 is fixed to the surface of the fiber optic movable connector 21 by using ultraviolet glue, and the ultraviolet glue can be applied to the positioning pin and the right angle reflecting prism 23 and the optical fiber movable connection. At the junction of the device 21, an area where the edge of the right-angle reflecting prism 23 is connected to the fiber movable connector 21 can also be applied.
- the curvature of the curved reflecting surface 24 of the right-angle reflecting prism 23 can be designed according to the numerical aperture parameter of the optical fiber.
- the curved reflecting surface 24 has a converging effect on the light beam, and therefore, the curved surface of the rectangular reflecting prism 23
- the curvature of the reflecting surface 24 is designed to ensure that the light rays incident from the optical fiber to the maximum angle of the right-angle reflecting prism 23 can be concentrated by the curved reflecting surface 24, and are emitted in parallel; the selection of the reflecting surface type includes, but not limited to, a circular arc surface and a paraboloid surface. Wait.
- the incident light ray 210 transmitted through the optical fiber passes through the total reflection of the right-angle reflection prism curved surface 24, the parallel outgoing light 211 will be obtained due to the convergence, thereby reducing the divergence caused by the light when the general reflective prism is used.
- the optical loss thereby increasing the efficiency of optical coupling.
- the right-angle reflecting prism may also be a two-way reflecting prism, that is, two curved reflecting surfaces are disposed on the reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism, as shown in FIG. 5, wherein the label 52 indicates It is a positioning guide pin hole, and the surface 51 indicates a curved reflecting surface; correspondingly, the fiber optic movable connector fixed with the two-way reflecting prism should be a two-channel optical fiber movable connector, that is, including two fiber coupling tubes. Fiber optic connector, so that the reflection of two rays can be achieved at the same time.
- the right angle reflecting prism in at least one embodiment of the present invention may also be a single-column multi-path reflecting prism, that is, a plurality of curved reflecting surfaces of a single row are prepared on the inclined surface of the prism, as shown in FIG. No. 62 indicates a positioning guide pin hole, and reference numeral 61 indicates a curved reflecting surface.
- the fiber optic movable connector fixed to the single-column multi-way reflecting prism will be a single-row multi-fiber active connector, that is, A fiber optic active connector including a column and a plurality of fiber coupling tubes, so that the reflection of a single column of multiple rays can be simultaneously achieved.
- the right-angle reflecting prism may further be a multi-column multi-path reflecting prism, that is, a plurality of columns of curved reflecting surfaces are prepared on the prism inclined surface, and the curved reflecting surfaces on each column are plural, as shown in FIG.
- the reference numeral 72 indicates a positioning guide pin hole
- the reference numeral 71 indicates a curved reflecting surface
- the fiber optic movable connector fixed to the multi-column multi-path reflecting prism will be a multi-row multi-fiber active connector. That is, a fiber optic movable connector including a plurality of columns and each column including a plurality of fiber coupling tubes, so that reflection of multiple columns of multiple rays can be simultaneously realized.
- At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a method of fabricating an optical coupling device.
- the flowchart of the manufacturing method is as shown in FIG. 8.
- the manufacturing method includes the following steps:
- Step 801 A curved reflecting surface is disposed on the reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism.
- the right-angle reflecting prism can be made by an optical grinding and polishing technique, and the center position and spacing of the right-angle reflecting prism should be the same as the center position and spacing of the fiber coupling tube in the fiber-optic movable connector to be fixed, and the right-angle reflection
- the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole on the prism should match the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole on the fiber optic connector to be fixed, so that the fiber optic movable connector and the right-angle reflecting prism can be better connected by the positioning pin. .
- the center position and the pitch of the curved reflecting surface are the same as the center position and the spacing of the fiber coupling tube in the fiber optic movable connector to be fixed; the curvature of the curved reflecting surface can be determined according to the numerical aperture parameter of the optical fiber.
- the curved reflection has a converging effect on the beam. Therefore, the curvature of the curved surface of the rectangular reflector must be designed to ensure that the maximum angle of light incident from the fiber to the curved surface can be concentrated by the curved surface.
- the parallel surface is emitted;
- the selection of the reflective surface type includes, but not limited to, a circular arc surface, a paraboloid surface, etc.; according to the designed curved surface structure, using ultraviolet laser ablation, carbon dioxide laser hot melting, mechanical grinding or ultrasonic grinding,
- the reflecting surface is machined on a right angle reflecting prism.
- the curved surface of the curved surface can be vacuum-coated to obtain a total reflection curved surface; specifically, the coating film can be selected from a metal film such as gold or silver, or another dielectric film can be selected.
- Step 802 Fix the right-angle reflecting prism to the surface of the fiber optic movable connector, so that the light propagating through the optical fiber is exactly incident on the curved reflecting surface of the right-angle curved reflecting prism.
- the right-angle reflective prism manufactured in step 801 and the positioning guide pin hole in the optical fiber movable connector are respectively connected through the positioning guide pin, and the right-angle reflective prism is fixed on the surface of the optical fiber movable connector by using ultraviolet glue.
- the ultraviolet glue may be applied to the connection of the positioning guide pin to the reflective prism and the fiber optic movable connector, or to the area where the edge of the prism is connected to the fiber optic movable connector.
- At least one embodiment of the present invention provides an optical coupling unit, as shown in FIG. 9, including the above-described optical coupling device and optical waveguide 91, and vertically inserting the optical coupling device into the optical waveguide 91, as shown in FIG.
- the optical waveguide 91 is composed of a planar optical waveguide substrate 95, an optical waveguide lower cladding material 94, an optical waveguide core layer material 93, and an optical waveguide upper cladding material 92.
- the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the optical waveguide 91 as:
- the planar optical waveguide substrate 95 in the optical waveguide 91 is slotted at a position above, so that the right-angle reflective prism 23 in the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the slot, and the requirement for the slot size is: larger than the size of the right-angle reflective prism, That is, the entire right angle reflection prism 23 can be placed.
- the length of the optical waveguide can be selected according to actual circuit requirements; the type of the optical waveguide can be selected according to the type of the right-angle reflective prism in the optical coupling device, specifically, when the right-angle reflective prism is a two-way When the prism is reflected, the optical waveguide should be selected as a two-way optical waveguide, so that when the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the optical waveguide, the two optical fibers can be aligned with the two optical waveguides, thereby realizing the two-channel optical fiber and the optical waveguide.
- the optical waveguide should be selected as a single-column multi-path optical waveguide, thus, When the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the optical waveguide, the single-row multiplexed optical fiber can be aligned with the single-row multiple optical waveguide, thereby realizing vertical optical coupling between the single-column multiplexed optical fiber and the optical waveguide; when the right-angle reflective prism is double-column When the reflective prism is used, the optical waveguide should be selected as a double-column multiplexed optical waveguide, so that when the optical coupling device is vertically inserted into the optical waveguide, the double-row multiplexed optical fiber can be aligned with the double-row multiplexed optical waveguide. Thereby, the vertical optical coupling of the double-column multiplex fiber and the optical waveguide is realized.
- the curvature of the curved reflecting surface 24 of the right-angle reflecting prism 23 in the optical coupling device can be designed according to the numerical aperture parameters of the optical fiber and the optical waveguide.
- the curved surface has a convergence effect on the light beam.
- the curvature of the reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism 23 is designed to ensure that the maximum angle of light incident from the optical fiber to the curved reflecting surface 24 is concentrated by the curved reflecting surface 24, and the angle of the outgoing light is smaller than the numerical aperture parameter of the optical waveguide, that is, there is no light energy.
- the loss of the surface of the curved surface includes, but is not limited to, a circular arc surface, a paraboloid surface, and the like.
- the parallel outgoing light 911 will be obtained due to the convergence.
- the parallel exiting light 911 is injected into the optical waveguide and propagates through the optical waveguide, so that the optical loss can be greatly reduced, and a more efficient vertical optical coupling between the optical fiber and the optical waveguide is realized;
- a method of fabricating an optical coupling unit includes the following steps:
- a curved reflecting surface is provided on the reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism.
- the right-angle reflecting prism can be made by using an optical grinding and polishing technique, and a positioning pin hole is prepared on the right-angle reflecting prism, so that the diameter and position of the positioning pin hole should be aligned with the positioning pin on the optical fiber movable connector.
- the diameter and position of the holes match.
- a curved reflecting surface is disposed on the reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism such that a center position and a pitch of the disposed curved reflecting surface correspond to a center position and a pitch of the fiber coupling tube in the optical fiber movable connector to be fixed.
- the curvature of the curved surface of the curved surface can be designed according to the numerical aperture parameter of the optical fiber movable connector and the optical waveguide; specifically, according to the principle of light reflection, the curved surface has a convergence effect on the light beam, and therefore, the reflecting surface of the right angle reflecting prism
- the curvature design must ensure that the light incident from the fiber to the maximum angle of the right-angle reflecting prism is concentrated by the curved reflecting surface, and the angle of reflection into the optical waveguide is smaller than the numerical aperture of the optical waveguide, that is, there is no loss of light energy; Choices include, but are not limited to, arc faces, parabolas, and the like.
- the reflecting surface is processed on the right angle reflecting prism by ultraviolet laser ablation, carbon dioxide laser hot melting or mechanical, ultrasonic grinding or the like.
- the curved surface of the curved surface can be vacuum-coated to obtain a total reflection curved surface; specifically, a metal film such as gold plating or silver plating can be applied to the curved reflecting surface, and other dielectric films can also be plated.
- Step 1002 Fix the right-angle reflecting prism on the surface of the fiber movable connector, so that the light propagating through the optical fiber is exactly incident on the curved reflecting surface of the right-angle reflecting prism to form an optical coupling device.
- the positioning pin holes matching the right-angle reflecting prism and the optical fiber movable connector are respectively connected by the positioning guide pins, and further, the right-angle reflecting prism is fixed on the surface of the optical fiber movable connector by using ultraviolet glue, specifically
- the ultraviolet glue may be applied to the connection of the guide pin to the reflective prism and the fiber optic movable connector, or may be applied to the area where the edge of the prism is connected to the fiber optic movable connector.
- Step 1003 providing a groove on the optical waveguide
- the disposing the groove on the optical waveguide comprises: forming a groove by using an ultraviolet laser in a position above the planar optical waveguide substrate in the optical waveguide, wherein the size of the groove is greater than or equal to a rectangular reflector The size, ie, can be placed into the entire right-angle reflecting prism.
- Step 1004 Insert the optical coupling device formed in step 1002 into the recess provided in step 1003 and fix it.
- the fixing can be carried out in various ways, including but not limited to, using ultraviolet glue to fix and fix; by inserting the optical coupling device into the groove of the optical waveguide and fixing, vertical coupling of light can be realized. Hehe.
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