Analysis of light reflections on the coupling efficiency of a laser diode to a conically lensed single-mode fiber

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 254-258

  Faidz, A R ^a   Ghafouri Shiraz, H ^b   Takahashi, K ^a   Chuah, H T ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033899271     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(20000220)24:4<254::AID-MOP13>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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