Method for manufacturing wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus and wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9252885-B2
Application number	US-201414243026-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2014
Priority date	Aug 1, 2013
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus, includes arranging laser devices in a line and fixing the laser devices to a first substrate, fixing to a second substrate reflectors arranged to multiplex laser beams emitted from the laser devices and to generate wavelength multiplexed light, and arranging collimator lenses on paths of the laser beams, adjusting positions of the collimator lenses so that the laser beams making up the wavelength multiplexed light become parallel and, thereafter, fixing the collimator lenses to the first substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus, the method comprising, sequentially:
positioning a plurality of laser devices along a line and fixing the laser devices to a first substrate;
fixing a plurality of reflectors to a second substrate, wherein the reflectors are located at positions on the second substrate to multiplex laser beams emitted from the plurality of laser devices and to generate wavelength multiplexed light;
placing a plurality of collimator lenses on the first substrate with a respective collimator lens in a respective path of each of the respective laser beams produced by the respective laser devices;
adjusting position of at least one of the collimator lenses in a direction that is transverse to the laser beam incident on the collimator lens so that the laser beams making up the wavelength multiplexed light are parallel to each other in the multiplexed light; and
after adjusting the position of at least one of the collimator lenses in a direction that is transverse to the laser beam incident on the respective collimator lens, fixing the collimator lenses to the first substrate.

2. The method for manufacturing a wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising adjusting an angle formed by the second substrate with respect to the first substrate to reduce spacing between the laser beams making up the wavelength multiplexed light, after fixing the collimator lenses to the first substrate.

3. A method for manufacturing a wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus, the method comprising:
positioning a plurality of laser devices along a line and fixing the laser devices to a first substrate;
fixing a plurality of reflectors to a second substrate, wherein the reflectors are located at positions on the second substrate to multiplex laser beams emitted from the plurality of laser devices and to generate wavelength multiplexed light;
mounting each of a plurality of collimator lenses in a respective frame body that peripherally surrounds the respective collimator lens to form a plurality of lens parts, each lens part including a collimator lens mounted in a frame body, wherein
each of the collimator lenses has a respective optical axis,
each of the frame bodies has a center with respect to an outside shape of the frame body,
each of the frame bodies has a polygonal outside shape including a plurality of flat surfaces, and
in each of the lens parts, the optical axis of the collimator lens is spaced from the center of the frame body so that, when the lens part is fixed to the first substrate, distance from the first substrate to the optical axis of the respective collimator lens depends upon which surface of the frame body is mounted on the first substrate;

selecting the surfaces of the respective frame bodies to be fixed to the first substrate so that the laser beams making up the wavelength multiplexed light will be parallel to each other in the multiplexed light when the frame bodies are fixed to the first substrate; and
fixing the lens parts at the respective surfaces of the lens parts that have been selected to the first substrate so that the laser beams making up the wavelength multiplexed light are parallel to each other in the multiplexed light.

4. A wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus comprising:
a first substrate;
a plurality of laser devices positioned along a line and fixed to the first substrate;
a plurality of lens parts, wherein each lens part includes
a collimator lens that collimates a respective laser beam emitted from a respective one of the plurality of laser devices, and
a frame body surrounding the collimator lens and having a polygonal outer shape including a plurality of flat surfaces, wherein
each of the collimator lenses has a respective optical axis,
each of the frame bodies has a center with respect to the polygonal outer shape of the frame body,
in each of the lens parts, the optical axis of the collimator lens is spaced from the center of the frame body so that, when the lens part is fixed to the first substrate, distance from the first substrate to the optical axis of the respective collimator lens depends upon which surface of the frame body is mounted on the first substrate, and
one of surfaces of the polygonal outer shape of each of the lens parts is fixed to the first substrate;

a second substrate; and
a plurality of reflectors that are fixed to the second substrate and multiplex the laser beams to generate wavelength multiplexed light, wherein the surfaces of the respective frame bodies fixed to the first substrate adjust the laser beams making up the wavelength multiplexed light to be parallel to each other in the multiplexed light.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Kaneko Shinichi

Classifications

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