Alignment arrangement for aligning a first and a second optical component as well as a corresponding system

Abstract

The present invention relates in a first aspect to an alignment arrangement for aligning a first and a second optical component, wherein at the least the first optical component of the alignment arrangement comprises at least one optical fiber. The alignment arrangement comprises a number of cantilevers corresponding to the number of optical fibers in the first optical component. Each cantilever is fixed at one end to the alignment arrangement, and at an opposite free end comprises a support tip having a groove for receiving a respective optical fiber of the first optical component. Each cantilever is arranged for deflecting in an X-direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cantilever, and in a Y-direction perpendicular to the X-direction and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cantilever. Each cantilever comprises at least one piezoelectric element for providing said deflection in the X- and Y-direction by actuating the piezoelectric element with at least two electrodes. The invention relates in a second aspect to an alignment arrangement for aligning a first and a second optical component, wherein at the least the first optical component of the alignment arrangement comprises at least one lens. The present invention relates in a third aspect to a system for optically connecting an on-chip port of a first chip with an on-chip port of a second chip.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.