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CLEO, Münich’03
Scalable high brightness laser pump for aerospace applications (pdf 312K)
E. Rugi, P. Mueller, P. Lambelet*
Contraves Space AG, CH-8052 Zürich, Switzerland
(*)Brightpower, CH-1400 Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

ECOC'02, Copenhague 09.2002, Ref PD 1.7

+33 dBm output power

from a full C-band cladding diode-pumped EDFA. (pdf 58k)

 

P. Bousselet, C. Simonneau, C. Moreau, L. Provost, P. Lambelet*,

X. Rejeaunier, F. Leplingard, L. Gasca, D. Bayart

Alcatel Research & Innovation, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France

(*) Brightpower, Grand Rue, 1441 Valeyres-sous-Montagny, Switzerland

 

An amplifier covering the full C-band has been operated with an output power of +33 dBm, owing to a new pump design incorporating 100-mm diodes coupled into the 50-mm multimode core of the amplifying fiber.


OAA'01, Optical Amplifiers and their Applications, Stresa (I), WC 31567, 4-6.07.2001

+ 30 dBM output power from a cladding-pumped Yb-free EDFA for L band applications (pdf, 61K)

P. Bousselet, M. Bettiati*, L. Gasca, P. Lambelet**, F. Leplingard, D. Bayart

Alcatel Research & Innovation, F; (*) OPTO+, F ;(**) Brightpower, CH.

An output power of +30.5 dBm has been achieved with a Yb-free all-silica double-clad erbium-doped fiber owing to a new high power compact multimode pump source.


- SPIE, Photonics East, 18-22.11.1996

Flexible automated assembly of micro-optical elements (Optical SMD) (pdf 628K)

W. Andreasch, Ch. de Graffenried, R. Kohler, R. Clavel, T. Sidler,

R.-P. Salathé, R. Müller, H. Bleuler,B. Gächter, H. Ehbets

An automated assembly technique for small optical components has been developed. It concerns components such as, e.g., laser diodes and LEDs, fibers, lenses, beamsplitters, polarizers, mirrors, crystals, prisms, diffractive elements or photodiodes. It is based on the flexible 2-dimensional arrangement of an universal tripod holder (10 x 10 x 4 mm) on a planar mounting plate. Its particular mechanical structure allows to align the optical elements on-line and to attach them to the mounting plate in a one step procedure.

The different elements are aligned with an accuracy of ±1 mm and attached one after the other. Very good position stability (±0,7 mm, ±0,2 mrad) during the attachment procedure has been achieved by laser point welding. They are optically interconnected by free-space propagation of a light beam with a diameter of up to 8 millimeters.

Mass production has been shown with a collimator as test vehicle. The collimator is composed of two elements (laser diode and collimating lens) and is mounted entirely automatically by two co-working robots. Easy prototyping has been shown with the realization of the optical position sensing system featuring a high precision linear magnetic bearing.

Flexibility, simple handling, high packaging density and low cost make this new assembly technique suitable to both mass production and protoyping of small opto electronical devices.


-LEOS '98 Topics, Optoelectronic Packaging, Manufacturing & Reliability

Accuracy and beam pointing stability of surface mounted optical elements (pdf 74.1K)

Ch. de Graffenried, W. Andreasch, E. Zbinden, R. Kohler,

R. Clavel, Th. Sidler, R.-P. Salathé, B. Gächter*, H. Ehbets*

A standardized optical mount based on a symmetric tripod structure has been developed for an automated assembly procedure. It allows to achieve submicron positioning accuracy and a beam pointing stability of 27 ± 70 µrad.

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