AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR INTERFACING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTOELECTRONIC ARRAY TO FIBER BUNDLES

摘要

The invention in the simplest form is a low-profile waveguide assembly (190) for interfacing a two-dimensional optoelectronic array to standard fiber bundles. The present invention serves both to bend light and fan out light-carrying guides and to transition from the optoelectronic array pitch to an industry standard pitch for connectorization. There are several embodiments considered herein, however the preferred embodiments are for an optical waveguide assembly (190) that includes a waveguide housing (205) supporting a plurality of waveguide sheets (230), each sheet includes an array of waveguides feeding a plurality of industry standard ferrules (170).