Compact mode expanders using resonant coupling between a tapered active region and an underlying coupling waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-205

  Vusirikala, V ^b   Saini, S S ^b   Bartolo, R E ^b   Dagenais, M ^a,b   Stone, D R ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment tolerant structures; Coupling efficiency; Mode expanders; Resonant coupling; Semiconductor quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

ALIGNMENT TOLERANT STRUCTURES; BUTT COUPLING EFFICIENCIES;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0031996644     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.655358     Document Type: Article

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