Livingston, UK – 18 December 2019 – Optoscribe Ltd, a world-leading supplier of 3D glass-based integrated photonics components, has announced the launch of OptoArray™, its new range of best-in-class precision fiber alignment structures, which offers unrivalled levels of optical performance through the precise alignment of optical fiber arrays.

OptoArray™ solutions can help reduce losses in optical circuits through the precise and stable alignment of fibers. This is particularly important given the demand for increasing levels of high density optical fiber in a wide variety of applications, including multi-fiber connectors, arrays for interfacing to optical switching hardware such as reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexers (ROADMs), and interfacing to other free-space optical systems.

Optoscribe’s high speed laser-based manufacturing process provides full 3D flexibility in the patterning of holes and can create high precision, highly controllable microstructures in glass. In addition, the 3D control provides the ability to shape the hole entrance creating a funnel or conical taper to allow for easy insertion of the fibers. Holes can also be formed at arbitrary angles to the surface of the glass such as the 8 degrees typically used for minimising back-reflections.

Nick Psaila, CEO of Optoscribe, said: “With the data communications market demanding ever increased bandwidth there is a greater need for dense fiber optical connections. Many of these high-density connections require the use of precise, tightly-toleranced fiber alignment structures to position the optical ports accurately, therefore I am delighted to introduce our new range of OptoArray™ solutions to help solve some of these challenges.”

For more information on Optoscribe’s OptoArray™ range of solutions and to view the datasheet, please visit: https://www.optoscribe.com/products/precision-fiber-alignment-arrays-optoarray/