Patent ID: 6888989

Claim:
A device for mounting and aligning a photonic integrated circuit with one or more integrated optical waveguides, comprising: a substrate having one or more integrated optical waveguides disposed thereon; a photonic integrated circuit having at least one end face with an inclination angle with respect to a vertical direction; and a recess formed in the substrate, the recess having a width, a depth, a substantially flat bottom surface, and at least one end wall with an inclination angle with respect to a vertical direction substantially equal to the inclination angle of the at least one end face, wherein the width of the recess is selected so that mounting of the photonic integrated circuit in the recess laterally aligns the photonic integrated circuit with the one or more integrated optical waveguides, and wherein the depth of the recess is selected so that mounting of the photonic integrated circuit in the recess vertically aligns the photonic integrated circuit with the one or more integrated waveguides.