Abstract: A package for a fiber optic device or component comprised of an elongated support substrate for supporting an optical device or component having at least one optical fiber extending therefrom. The optical fiber has an inner glass core and a glass cladding surrounded by an outer buffer. An elongated glass tube is dimensioned to receive the support substrate. The glass tube has open ends. The at least one optical fiber extends through one of the open ends with the outer buffer removed from the optical fiber in the vicinity of the open end. A glass seal surrounds the inner glass fiber closing the open ends.