Spot-size converter integrated laser diodes (SS-LD's)

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 968-974

  Itaya, Yoshio ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Tohmori, Yuichi ^a,b,c,f,g   Toba, Hiromu ^a,b,h,i  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Musashino Electrical Communication Lab   (Japan)

^e FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY ETCHING; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SUBSTRATES;

PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS (PLC); SPOT SIZE CONVERTER INTEGRATED LASER DIODES (SSLD);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031152871     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.640651     Document Type: Article

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