Coupling between a single-mode fiber array (FA) and an array of edge-emitting SiP waveguides using 3D-printed facet-attached microlenses (FaML, microscope image in the center). (IMAGE)

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

Coupling between a single-mode fiber array (FA) and an array of edge-emitting SiP waveguides using 3D-printed facet-attached microlenses (FaML, microscope image in the center).

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Insets (i) and (ii) to the left and right show magnified scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the FaML on the SiP and FA sides, respectively.

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by Yilin Xu, Pascal Maier, Mareike Trappen, Philipp-Immanuel Dietrich, Matthias Blaicher, Rokas Jutas, Achim Weber, Torben Kind, Colin Dankwart, Jens Stephan, Andreas Steffan, Amin Abbasi, Padraic Morrissey, Kamil Gradkowski, Brian Kelly, Peter O’Brien, Wolfgang Freude and Christian Koos

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