Optical Fiber Array with 90-degree Bend for Silicon Photonics Chip Coupling

摘要

Recently, the demand for silicon photonics (SiPh) optical transceivers for data centers has been increasing rapidly. In order to address this situation, we have developed FlexBeamGuidE (FBGE) as an optical interconnection device indispensable for SiPh chips. The FBGE is an optical fiber array with a 90-degree bend, formed using state-of-the-art stress-free fiber bending technology. The developed FBGE is suitable for use in SiPh optical transceivers because of its compact nature with an overall height of less than 3.8 mm, low attenuation loss of less than 0.5 dB, and high reliability.