Design of fiber-matched uncladded rib waveguides on InP with polarization-independent mode matching loss of 1 dB

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1049-1051

  Weinert, C M ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

ION BEAM SHADOW ETCHING TECHNIQUE; MODE MATCHING LOSS; STANDARD MONOMODE FIBER; TAPER STRUCTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030216355     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.508734     Document Type: Article

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