Inventors:
Richard L. Duesterberg - Mountain View CA, US
Edmund L. Wolak - Palo Alto CA, US
Marc K. Von Gunten - Los Altos CA, US
Nina Morozova - San Jose CA, US
Donald C. Hargreaves - Sidney, CA
Prasad Yalamanchili - Santa Clara CA, US
Hilary Clarke - Milpitas CA, US
Jay A. Skidmore - San Jose CA, US
Lei Xu - Milpitas CA, US
Christopher L. Hart - West Melbourne FL, US
William Bardy - Palm Bay FL, US
Jeffrey Zack - Melbourne FL, US
Kuochou Tai - Fremont CA, US
Assignee:
JDS Uniphase Corporation - San Jose CA
International Classification:
G02B006/42
G02B006/02
Abstract:
A fiber tail assembly (FTA) with a micro-lens formed in the fiber tip is used to couple the laser light out of the package and along the fiber. The FTA is soldered at two points where metallized bands are deposited on the fiber pigtail, one at a fiber mount near the diode where it can be soldered into alignment with the laser diode, and two at the snout which forms a feed through the housing and seal for the package. Typically, the FTA is metallized along its entire length within the package. In this invention the two-metallized bands are separated by a region that is unmetallized.