Comparison of coupling characteristics for several spotsize-converter-integrated laser diodes in the 1.3-μm-wavelength region

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 428-430

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

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Coupling; Semiconductor laser; Spotsize converter

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; SPOTSIZE CONVERTER;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0031117955     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.559377     Document Type: Review

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