Cascaded GI-fiber chips with a wedge-shaped end for the coupling between an SMF and a high-power LD with large astigmatism

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1545-1548

  Yoda, Hidehiko ^a   Endo, Taketo ^a   Shiraishi, Kazuo ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Lenses; Optical coupling; Optical fiber applications; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Semi conductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LENSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

LARGE ASTIGMATISM; OPTICAL FIBER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0036705479     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.800795     Document Type: Article

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