Arrayed Fiberoptics Corporation of Santa Clara, a startup focused on solving core problems related to the widespread use of optical fibre, which In January 2004 announced its epoxy-free fibre array, based on a patent-pending, integrated epoxy-blocking structure, designed to be used as a subcomponent for PLCs, such as AWGs. In February 2004 announced the company's patented Vertical Fiber Integration (VFI) technology, which Is fundamentally based on the existence of a precise vertical light transmission path through the wafer, perpendicular to the wafer plane. Seamlessly integrates a very precise fibre passive alignment mechanism into microfabricated devices during the fabrication stage, on a full-wafer scale, thus solving the fibre alignment issue before wafer dicing. Can be used to enable a wide variety of single mode fibre optic components, both active and passive, in array or single-channel form, such as fibre arrays, epoxy-free fibre arrays, transmitters, receivers, transceivers, VOAs, optical switches, array fibre connectors, collimators and beam-shapers, optical filters, and a variety of other devices. Can, according to the company, achieve cost-reductions of more than 10 times in some applications. Is claimed to build components offering improvement in performance, size, cost, hermeticity and reliability.
Announced immediate sample availability of a high return loss 2D fibre array, with 250um pitch, and other configurations available upon request, which Arrayed Fiberoptics said: Is designed to be used as a subcomponent for optical fibre systems. Incorporates a patent-pending optical design that increases the return loss of a surface-normal polished 2D fibre array by an additional 15 dB, or an attenuation factor of 30. When also combined with an anti-reflection coating, results in the return loss of a HRL 2D fibre array surpassing 40 dB (typically required for industrial, scientific, and military applications) and offering a typical return loss of around 50 dB (typically required for telecom applications). Offers nearly two orders of magnitude increase in power handling ability.
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