3-D semivectorical beam propagation analysis of a spotsize-converter-integrated laser diode in the 1.3-μm-wavelength region

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-21

  Kawano, Kenji ^b   Kohtoku, Masaki ^b   Wada, Masato ^a,b   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Itaya, Yoshio ^a,b   Naganuma, Mitsuru ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coupling; Optical waveguide; Semiconductor laser; Spotsize converter

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (FD-BMP); LATERAL TAPER; SEMIVECTORIAL BEAM PROPAGATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS (SMF); SPOTSIZE CONVERTED LASER DIODE; SPOTSIZE CONVERTERS (SSCS);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030826847     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.554157     Document Type: Article

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