Anamorphic Microlens for Laser Diode to Single-Mode Fiber Coupling

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 798-800

  Modavis, R A ^a   Webb, T W ^a  

^a Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANAMORPHIC MICROLENS; AVERAGE COUPLING EFFICIENCY; GAUSSIAN MODE SHAPES; LATERAL SENSITIVITY; SCALAR DIFFRACTION; SINGLE MODE FIBER COUPLING;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 0029344221     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.393210     Document Type: Article

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