High-power low-divergence semiconductor lasers for GaAs-Based 980-nm and InP-Based 1550-nm applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1344-1350

  Jeon, Heonsu ^a,b   Verdiell, Jean Marc ^a,b,c   Ziari, Mehrdad ^a,b   Mathur, Atul ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SDL INC   (United States)

^c Radiance Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabiatic mode transformers; Optical fiber coupling; Optical mode expansion; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical tapers; Waveguide transitions

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

TAPERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031388289     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658788     Document Type: Article

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