Optical spot-size converters for low-loss coupling between fibers and optoelectronic semiconductor devices

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1714-1719

  Mitomi, Osamu ^b,c,d,e   Kasaya, Kazuo ^b,f,g   Tohmori, Yuichi ^a,b   Suzaki, Yasumasa ^b   Fukano, Hideki ^a,b   Sakai, Yoshihisa ^b   Okamoto, Minoru ^b   Matsumoto, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Inst Electronics Info Commun E

^f YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SUBSTRATES;

DOUBLE CLADDING STRUCTURE; GAUSSIAN LIKE SHAPE; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE SUBSTRATE; LOW LOSS COUPLING; OPTICAL SPOT SIZE CONVERTERS; OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; RIDGE STRUCTURE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030193301     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.507949     Document Type: Article

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