Glass Tube Ferrule for Solder-Reflow-Compatible Embedded Optoelectronic Interconnections

A glass-tube-based MT-style fiber array ferrule and connector packaging are presented that provide a compact solder-reflow-compatible interface to PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) edge waveguides. Mate/demate experiments demonstrated IL (insertion loss) values across eight fiber array channels of less than 1.5 dB without index matching fluid.