Apparatus and method for aligning an optical fiber with an optical device

A method for aligning an optical fiber with an optical device, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of eutectic solder bumps on a first plurality of bond pads provided on an optical device mount assembly;
• contacting a second plurality of bond pads provided on two leg portions of a fiber mount assembly with some of the plurality of eutectic solder bumps, the fiber mount assembly having a body portion with an opening provided therein, wherein the two leg portions integrally connect to and extend from the body portion;
• contacting a third plurality of bond pads provided on the optical device with the remaining plurality of eutectic solder bumps provided on the first plurality of bond pads of the optical device mount assembly;
• increasing the concentration of a component of the eutectic material in the plurality of eutectic solder bumps, via a reaction between the first, second and third pluralities of bond pads and the plurality of eutectic solder bumps, until the eutectic material hardens and rigidly connects the third plurality of bond pads of the optical device and the second plurality of bond pads of the two leg portions of the fiber mount assembly to the first plurality of bond pads of optical device mount assembly, aligning the optical fiber with the optical device;
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• providing the optical fiber through the opening provided in the body portion of the fiber mount assembly.