Direct coupling of VCSELs to plastic optical fibers using guide holes patterned in a thick photoresist

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-265

  Ouchi, T ^b   Imada, A ^b   Sato, T ^b   Sakata, H ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical fiber coupling; Optical interconnects; Plastic optical fibers; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTORESISTS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0036503881     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.986780     Document Type: Article

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