CN-121995586-A - Integrated short-wave optical module and manufacturing method thereof

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an integrated short-wave optical module and a method of manufacturing the same. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a short wave optical module comprising a glass platform mounted with one or more glass spacers, a light collimating module, a glass light reflecting module, and one or more glass lens arrays.

Inventors

• JIA XU
• CHEN JUNJIE
• CHENG SHUNMIN
• FU HENGYI
• ZHENG XI
• JIANG YAN
• YU GUANGLONG
• LIN LEI

Assignees

• 福州高意光学有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20241108

Claims (20)

1. 1. A short wave optical module, the module comprising: A glass platform; one or more glass spacers; A light collimation module; Glass light reflection module, and One or more glass lens arrays.
2. 2. The module of claim 1, wherein the glass platform comprises monocrystalline silicon, fused silica, polymeric glass, or a vitreous transparent material having an index of refraction similar to glass.
3. 3. The module of claim 1, wherein the one or more glass spacers are made of the same material as at least one of the one or more glass lens arrays.
4. 4. The module of claim 1, wherein the light collimation module comprises an array of optical fibers, an array of lenses, and a spacer.
5. 5. The module of claim 1, wherein the light collimation module comprises a light splitting module, a light shrinking module, or a light deflection module.
6. 6. The module of claim 5, wherein the spectroscopy module comprises a Z-block.
7. 7. The module of claim 5, wherein the light shrink module comprises a plurality of wedge modules and/or curved lenses.
8. 8. The module of claim 5, wherein the light deflection module comprises a tilted parallelogram prism.
9. 9. The module of claim 5, wherein the one or more glass lens arrays comprise a plurality of lenses.
10. 10. The module of claim 1, wherein the one or more glass lens arrays are made using a high precision cold working, a polymer-on-glass stamping process, a molding process, an embossing process, or an etching process.
11. 11. The module of claim 1, wherein the glass light reflecting module comprises one or more diamond prisms, right angle prisms, diamond prisms, or trapezoidal prisms.
12. 12. The module of claim 1, wherein the glass light reflecting module comprises one or more anti-reflective coatings.
13. 13. The module of claim 1, wherein the short wave optical module comprises a beam splitting prism operable to physically split incident light into a plurality of signals of different wavelengths.
14. 14. The module of claim 1, wherein the short wave optical module comprises an optical deflection module operable to vertically align a plurality of light beams at an output of the optical deflection module.
15. 15. The module of claim 1, wherein the short wave optical module comprises a trapezoidal prism operable to act as a beam splitter for an incident light beam.
16. 16. The module of claim 1, wherein the light collimation module comprises an array of optical fibers, an array of lenses, spacers, and an air gap.
17. 17. A method of manufacturing a short-wave optical module, the method comprising: Providing a glass platform; coupling one or more glass spacers to the glass platform; coupling a light collimation module to the glass platform; Coupling a glass light reflection module to the glass platform, and One or more glass lens arrays are created on or coupled to the glass platform.
18. 18. The method of claim 17, comprising using single crystal silicon, fused silica, polymeric glass, or a glass-like transparent material having a refractive index similar to glass for the glass platform.
19. 19. The method of claim 17, comprising fabricating the one or more glass spacers from the same material as at least one of the one or more glass lens arrays.
20. 20. The method of claim 17, comprising forming the light collimation module from an array of optical fibers, an array of lenses, and spacers.

Description

Integrated short-wave optical module and manufacturing method thereof Technical Field The present disclosure relates generally to an integrated short wave optical module and method of manufacturing the same. Background Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an integrated short wave optical module and a method of manufacturing the same. In this regard, conventional short wave optical modules may be expensive, cumbersome, and/or inefficient. Limitations and disadvantages of conventional systems and methods will become apparent to one of skill in the art, through comparison of such systems and methods with some aspects of the present methods and systems as set forth in the remainder of the present disclosure with reference to the drawings. Disclosure of Invention An integrated short-wave optical module and method of manufacture thereof are shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures and are set forth more completely in the claims. These and other advantages, aspects and novel features of the present disclosure, as well as details of illustrated embodiments thereof, will be more fully understood from the following description and drawings. Drawings The various features and advantages of the disclosure may be more readily understood by reference to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals designate like structural elements. Fig. 1A is an exemplary short wave module 1 according to the present disclosure. Fig. 1B illustrates an exemplary function of an emission light path according to the structure illustrated in fig. 1A. Fig. 1C illustrates an exemplary function of a reception optical path according to the structure illustrated in fig. 1A. Fig. 1D illustrates exemplary functionality of multiple transmit paths according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Fig. 1E illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a short wave module according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Fig. 1F illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a short wave module including a plurality of diamond prisms according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Fig. 2A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a short wave module including a splitting prism according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Fig. 2B illustrates the functionality of the embodiment shown in fig. 2A. Fig. 3A illustrates an exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure that further includes a light shrink module 70. Fig. 3B shows the function of the short wave module according to the embodiment of fig. 3A. Fig. 4A shows an exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure further comprising a light deflecting prism 80. Fig. 4B shows a partial top view of the embodiment shown in fig. 4A. Fig. 4C illustrates the functionality of the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 4A. Fig. 4D is a partial top view of fig. 4A showing the lateral deflection effect of the deflection prism 80 on light. Fig. 5A illustrates an exemplary short wave optical module according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. Fig. 5B illustrates the functionality of the exemplary embodiment of fig. 5A. Fig. 6A illustrates a short wave light module according to various embodiments of the present disclosure that further includes a trapezoidal light reflecting module 40. Fig. 6B illustrates operation of an embodiment in accordance with the disclosure of fig. 6A. Detailed Description The following discussion provides various examples of integrated short wave optical modules and methods of manufacturing the same. These examples are not limiting, and the scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the specific examples disclosed. In the following discussion, the terms "example" and "e.g." are non-limiting. The drawings illustrate general construction and descriptions and details of well-known features and techniques may be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the disclosure. Furthermore, elements in the drawings figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help improve understanding of examples discussed in the present disclosure. Like reference symbols in the various drawings indicate like elements. The term "and/or" refers to any one or more items in a list that are connected by "and/or". For example, "x and/or y" means any element in three element sets { (x), (y), (x, y) }. As another example, "x, y, and/or z" represents any element in the seven-element set { (x), (y), (z), (x, y), (x, z), (y, z), (x, y, z) }. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," and/or "including" are open-ended terms and specify the presence of the stated features, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features. The terms "first," "second," and the like may be used herein to describe various element