Tapered waveguide with parabolic lens: Theory and experiment

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 792-797

  Rashed, Atef M ^a,b   Williams, Kevin A ^a,c   Heard, Peter J ^a   Penty, Richard V ^a,c   White, Ian H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference beam propagation method; Focused ion beam etching; Parabolic lens; Semiconductor laser diode; Tapered waveguide

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ION BEAM ETCHING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037354467     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1541621     Document Type: Article

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