Patent ID: 7162126
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical module, comprising: a semiconductor optical device; an optical fiber having an optical axis, said optical fiber including a core and a cladding surrounding said core; a ferrule including a bore in a center thereof for receiving said optical fiber therein, said ferrule including a first region and a second region along said optical axis, said first region holds said core and said cladding of said optical fiber and having a first end surface exposing said core of said optical fiber at an interface to said second region, said second region holds a portion of said cladding of said optical fiber and exposing a section of said cladding along said optical axis, wherein said semiconductor optical device is mounted on said section of said cladding in said second region such that said semiconductor optical device optically couples with said core exposed in said end surface of said first region.