OPTICAL FIBER PIGTAIL ASSEMBLY

摘要

A fiber pigtail template assembly (10) includes first and second silicon wafers (12, 14) each having a planar surface (22, 30) with a plurality of corresponding grooves (24, 32) therein extending from a leading edge toward a trailing edge. The plurality of corresponding grooves (24, 32), with the planar surfaces in abutment and the corresponding grooves aligned define a plurality of fiber channels (18). The first and second silicon wafers further cooperatively define a receptacle (26, 34) between the fiber channels and the trailing edges of the first and second silicon wafers with the planar surfaces of the silicon wafers in abutment with the grooves aligned. A minor diameter leading portion of an optical fiber (52) is received in each fiber channel and the receptacle is sized to receive major diameter trailing portions (54) of each fiber without causing a bending radius of the fiber sufficient to materially degrade wavelength propagation.