Adva Optical Networking Se

Richard Mainardi

Benjamin Wohlfeil

Rocco Matricardi

Joerg-Peter Elbers

Scott Grindstaff

The invention relates to a storage tray for protecting one or more optical fibers mechanically coupled to an optoelectronic device, characterized in that it is configured to be capable of coupling with the optoelectronic device, and comprising a fiber storage portion which is configured to receive and store the one or more optical fibers. The present invention also relates to an assembly comprising a storage tray according to the invention, and an optoelectronic device, wherein one or more optical fibers are coupled to the optoelectronic device, and wherein the one or more optical fibers are stored in the fiber storage portion of the storage tray.

Storage tray for protecting optical fibers mechanically coupled to an optoelectronic device

An electro-optical assembly comprises a substrate having a support-surface, and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) mounted with a contact surface on the support-surface. The (PIC) comprises an integrated optical waveguide structure defining at least two waveguide end faces, at an edge surface of the PIC, perpendicular to its contact surface, and forming optical ports. An optical coupling device, mounted with a contact surface on the support-surface, optically connects at least two optical fibers to the PIC and comprises an optical waveguide structure-defining at least two front waveguide end faces provided at a front edge surface thereof, perpendicular to its contact surface. The number of front waveguide end faces corresponds to the number of the waveguide end faces. The optical coupling device is positionable during an active positioning process to align the respective waveguide end faces. A method of manufacturing such an electro-optical assembly is also provided.

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Richard Mainardi