Patent ID: 6856730

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a package attachable to an optical fiber segment that includes a photonic device between first and second points on the optical fiber segment, the package having: a first bonding region attachable to the first point of the optical fiber segment; a second bonding region attachable to the optical fiber so that the first bonding region is between the second bonding region and the photonic device, a size of the first bonding region being less than and/or approximately equal to one-half a size of the second bonding region; a third bonding region attachable to the second point of the optical fiber segment; and a fourth bonding region attachable to the optical fiber so that the third bonding region is between the fourth bonding region and the photonic device, a size of the third bonding region being less than and/or approximately equal to one-half a size of the fourth bonding region.