An Alignment Method for Direct Coupling of Polarization-Maintaining Fiber Ring Terminals and Integrated Optical Chips

Abstract

The invention discloses an alignment method for direct coupling of a polarization-maintaining optical fiber ring terminal and an integrated optical chip. The polarization-maintaining optical fiber ring terminal and the integrated optical modulation are realized through two coupling processes of observation of the end face of the polarization-maintaining optical fiber ring terminal and clamping of a coupling fixture. chip directly coupled. Through the technical solution of the present invention, the problem of additional optical non-reciprocity error caused by the melting point in the fiber optic gyroscope is solved, which leads to the performance degradation of the fiber optic gyroscope, the accuracy and speed of coupling angle error identification are improved, and the precise control of the coupling angle of the polarization axis is achieved. .

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of coupling and packaging of integrated optical chips, and in particular relates to an axis alignment method for direct coupling of a polarization-maintaining optical fiber ring terminal and an integrated optical modulator chip. Background technique [0002] In the manufacturing process of the fiber optic gyroscope, the connection of the fiber optic ring and the multifunctional integrated optical modulator can be realized by the method of pigtail fusion. The fusion splicing process requires a certain length of pigtail, and the coiling of the pigtail will affect the performance of the fiber optic gyroscope in some applications. For high-precision fiber optic gyroscopes, improving performance is the main appeal of this type of gyroscope. An important means of improving performance is to minimize the fiber optic ring. The non-reciprocal error in the combination of multi-functional integrated optical modulator (...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] The difficulty of direct coupling is that the surface of the fiber terminal of the polished fiber ring needs to be protected, which makes the alignment between the polarization maintaining fiber and the Y waveguide chip and the optimization of optical power monitoring more difficult. Optical power monitoring can be carried out by building an optical system similar to a fiber optic gyroscope Monitoring, the alignment between the polarization maintaining fiber and the Y-waveguide chip is difficult to deal with. At present, there are not many direct coupling technology solutions. Usually, the geometric end face of the fiber terminal is barely aligned or the complex imaging system is used for online observation. The above two methods It will bring problems of low alignment accuracy (coupling polarization crosstalk higher than 30dB requires an alignment angle error of less than 0.5°), low coupling efficiency, and difficult system implementation

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