| abstract |
The present invention applies to resonant optical power control device assemblies and methods relating thereto, and includes an alignment device preferably including one or more waveguide-alignment grooves, resonator alignment grooves, and alignment grooves for a second optical element including a modulator. One embodiment includes a transmission optical waveguide (600), a circumferential-mode optical resonator (100), and a second optical element, optionally including one or more of an optical modulator or a second transmission optical waveguide (750), and optionally including a modulator optical control element. In this embodiment, the alignment grooves (504, 506) reliably establish and stably maintain evanescent optical coupling between the optical elements positioned in such grooves. A method for assembling a resonant optical power control device is also disclosed. |