Optoelectronic device

• US 9,599,782 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Technische Universitã¤T Berlin (Tu)
• Original Assignee: Technische Universitã¤T Berlin (Tu)
• Inventors: Schlehahn, Alexander, Heindel, Tobias, Reitzenstein, Stephan, Rodt, Sven
• Primary Examiner(s): BLEVINS, JERRY M
• Application Number:
  US14/699,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20160320575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 385/88, 385/92
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4202 for coupling an active element with fibres without intermediate optical elements, e.g. fibres with plane ends, fibres with shaped ends, bundles
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4262 characterised by the shape of the housing for semiconductor lasers H01S5/02208
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4274 Electrical aspects G02B6/4263 and G02B6/4265 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4293 hybrid electrical and optical connections for transmitting electrical and optical signals

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to an optoelectronic device comprising an optoelectronic component, a waveguide having an optical waveguide section and an electrical conductor section, the optical waveguide section being transparent for radiation of a given wavelength or a given wavelength range and capable of guiding the radiation along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide, wherein the optical waveguide section is optically butt-coupled to an optical surface section of the optoelectronic component, and wherein the electrical conductor section is mechanically butt-coupled to an electrical contact of the optoelectronic component.

Claims

1. Optoelectronic device comprising

an optoelectronic component, and

a waveguide having both an optical waveguide section and an electrical conductor section, the optical waveguide section being transparent for radiation of a given wavelength or a given wavelength range and capable of guiding the radiation along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide,

wherein the optical waveguide section is optically butt-coupled to an optical surface section of the optoelectronic component, and

wherein the electrical conductor section of the waveguide is mechanically butt-coupled to an electrical contact of the optoelectronic component.

2. Optoelectronic device of claim 1

wherein the optical waveguide section is an inner section of the waveguide, and

wherein the electrical conductor section is an outer section of the waveguide.

3. Optoelectronic device of claim 2

wherein the inner optical waveguide section is an optical fiber or formed by a bundle of optical fibers.

4. Optoelectronic device of claim 2

wherein the electrical conductor section is a metal sleeve that surrounds the inner optical waveguide section.

5. Optoelectronic device of claim 2

wherein the waveguide comprises two or more electrical conductor sections which are located at the outer surface of the optical waveguide section,

wherein the electrical conductor sections are separated from one another, and

wherein each of the electrical conductor sections is capable of guiding electrical current along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide.

6. Optoelectronic device of claim 5

wherein the optoelectronic component comprises two or more electrical contacts which are located on the same side of the optoelectronic component, and

wherein each of the electrical conductor sections of the waveguide is electrically and mechanically coupled to one of these electrical contacts.

7. Optoelectronic device of claim 1

wherein the optical surface section and the electrical contact are located on the same side of the optoelectronic component, and

wherein a second electrical contact of the optoelectronic component is located on the opposite side of the optoelectronic component.

8. Optoelectronic device of claim 7

wherein the optoelectronic device comprises a housing having a first opening and a second opening,

wherein the optoelectronic component is located inside the housing,

wherein the optical waveguide section of the waveguide passes through the first opening and

wherein the second electrical contact of the optoelectronic device is contacted through the second opening.

9. Optoelectronic device of claim 8

wherein the housing is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the electrical conductor section of the waveguide.

10. Optoelectronic device of claim 8

wherein the housing is tubular,

wherein the first and second openings are located at opposing ends of the tubular housing,

wherein the optical surface section and the electrical contact of the optoelectronic component face the first opening of the tubular housing, and

wherein the second electrical contact of the optoelectronic component faces the second opening of the tubular housing.

11. Optoelectronic device of claim 1

wherein the optoelectronic device comprises a tubular housing and dielectric material located therein,

wherein the dielectric material radially positions the optoelectronic component inside the housing.

12. Optoelectronic device of claim 11

wherein the optoelectronic device comprises a tubular sleeve which is located between the dielectric material and the optoelectronic component.

13. Optoelectronic device of claim 1

wherein the optoelectronic device comprises a tubular housing having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends being opposite to each other,

wherein the optical surface section and the electrical contact of the optoelectronic component face the first end of the tubular housing, and

wherein a second electrical contact of the optoelectronic component faces the second end of the tubular housing.

14. Optoelectronic device of claim 13

wherein the optoelectronic device comprises an inner conductor which is connected to the second electrical contact of the optoelectronic component and located between the second electrical contact of the optoelectronic component and the second end of the tubular housing, and

wherein the inner conductor and the tubular housing form an electrical coaxial transmission line between the second electrical contact of the optoelectronic component and the second end of the tubular housing.

15. Optoelectronic device of claim 14

wherein the inner conductor, the waveguide and the tubular housing are aligned coaxially.

16. Optoelectronic device of claim 1

wherein the optoelectronic device comprises a housing which is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the electrical conductor section of the waveguide,

wherein the housing comprises a first opening which forms an optical interface of the optoelectronic device, and

wherein the housing comprises a second opening which forms an electrical interface of the optoelectronic device.

17. Optoelectronic device of claim 16

wherein the electrical interface of the optoelectronic device comprises a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact,

wherein the first electrical contact is formed by an inner conductor which is located between the second opening and the optoelectronic component, and

wherein the second electrical contact is formed by the housing.

18. Optoelectronic device of claim 17

wherein the inner conductor is located coaxially inside the housing.

19. Optoelectronic device of claim 16

wherein the housing comprises a thread adjacent to the first opening, the thread holding a cap which aligns the waveguide relative to the housing and electrically connects the housing with the electrical conductor section of the waveguide.

20. Optoelectronic device of claim 16

wherein the housing comprises a thread adjacent to the second opening, the thread holding a connector of an external coaxial transmission line.