3D printed microplatform for fiber-coupled optical microsystems

摘要

In this paper, a 3D printed microplatform for realization of fiber-coupling between a light source and an optical microsystems is proposed. The micro-platform is designed in a CAD software and printed using additive manufacturing fusing technology. The performance of the proposed microplatform is tested successfully by coupling an integrated CMOS photodiode with an area of 500×500μm²to a pig tail laser that is attached to a 62.5μm/125 μm multimode fiber optic cable. Experiment results show that the proposed microplatform presents a cost-effective alternative to the silicon-processed microplatforms.