Out-of-plane optical coupling between an elliptical Gaussian beam and an angled single-mode fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1589-1595

  Chen, W T ^a   Wang, Lon A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angled fiber; Elliptical Gaussian beam; Optical coupling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; FLOWCHARTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS;

GAUSSIAN OPTICAL BEAMS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032162974     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.712241     Document Type: Article

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