Ridge laser with spot-size converter in a single epitaxial step for high coupling efficiency to single-mode fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1235-1237

  Bissessur, H ^a   Graver, C ^a   Le Gouezigou, O ^a   Michaud, G ^a   Gaborit, F ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic mode expanders; Optical fiber coupling; Propagation; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor waveguides

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

INTEGRATED SPOT SIZE CONVERTERS; RIDGE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032162720     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.705601     Document Type: Article

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