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US 6,724,784 B2Granted
Optical wavelength locker module having a high thermal conductive material
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorsLing Cheng, Kaushal Verma, Mark Meyers, Mark A. Eshelman, Richard B. Bylsma
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Abstract
The present invention provides an optical filter module. In one embodiment, the wavelength locker module includes an optical interferometer or filter, such as an etalon. In addition, the wavelength locker module also includes an electrically nonconductive material having a high thermal conductivity substantially surrounding the etalon.
Claims19
An optical wavelength locker module, comprising:
- a housing comprised of an electrically nonconductive material having a high thermal conductivity and having a cavity formed therein and having at least one aperture formed therethrough;
- and
- an optical filter located within said cavity such that said optical fiber is substantially surrounded by said housing and optically aligned with said at least one aperture.
A method of manufacturing an optical wavelength locker, comprising:
- providing a housing comprised of an electrically nonconductive material having a high thermal conductivity and having a cavity formed therein and having at least one aperture formed therethrough;
- and
- placing an optical filter in said housing such that said optical filter is substantially surrounds said optical filter and optically aligned with said at least one aperture.
An optical assembly, comprising:
- a substrate having conductive traces;
- an optical subassembly mounted on said substrate and having a laser therein, said laser configured to generate a beam of light;
- and
- an optical wavelength locker module positioned on said substrate to receive said beam of light, including:
- a housing comprised of an electrically nonconductive material having a high thermal conductivity and having a cavity formed therein and at last one aperture formed therethrough;
- and
- an optical filter located within said cavity such that said optical filter is substantially surrounded by said housing and optically aligned with said at least one aperture.
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