Alignment of optical fibers to an etched array waveguide

摘要

A device and method of aligning two or more optical fibers on an array waveguide is achieved by etching grooves into the array waveguide. The two or more optical fibers are attached together by a retainer and placed into the grooves of the array waveguide. Channels within the array waveguide are coursely aligned to the two or more optical fibers and may be more finely aligned by manual adjustment.