Low-loss, Single-shot Fiber-Array to Chip Attach Using Laser Fusion Splicing
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Nauriyal, Juniyali; Zhang, Yi; Song, Meiting; Cardenas, Jaime
- Source
- 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) Photonics Conference (IPC), 2022 IEEE. :1-2 Nov, 2022
- Subject
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Optical losses
Splicing
Silicon
Laser fusion
Photonics
Fiber lasers
silicon photonics
photonic packaging
fiber array
fusion splicing
- Language
- ISSN
- 2575-274X
We present a novel technique for attaching up to 8 fiber arrays to a photonic chip in a single shot in less than a minute. We demonstrate a minimum loss of −1.4dB and −1.5dB per facet with a +/−0.2dB and 0.0dB variation through 8-fiber and 4-fiber arrays, respectively.