Highly directional grating outcouplers with tailorable radiation characteristics

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1038-1047

  Eriksson, Niklas ^a   Hagberg, Mats ^a   Larsson, Anders ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFRACTION; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SUBSTRATES;

GRATING COUPLED SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; GRATING DUTY CYCLE VARIATIONS; GRATING OUTCOUPLERS; RECTANGULAR SURFACE GRATINGS; WAVEGUIDE OUTCOUPLERS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0030173657     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.502382     Document Type: Article

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