1.3-μm spot-size-converter integrated laser diodes fabricated by narrow-stripe selective MOVPE

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1392-1397

  Yamazaki, Hiroyuki ^a,b,c,d   Kudo, Koji ^a,b,d,e,f   Sasaki, Tatsuya ^a,b,d,g,h   Sasaki, Jun'ichi ^a   Furushima, Yuji ^a   Sakata, Yasutaka ^a   Itoh, Masataka ^a   Yamaguchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Tokai University ^*

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Optoelectronics High Frequency D   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low cost; Optical access network; Selective MOVPE; Semiconductor laser; Spot size converter

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; COST ACCOUNTING; EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERFORMANCE;

SPOT-SIZE CONVERTERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031366434     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658793     Document Type: Article

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