Surface-mountable silicon microlens for low-cost laser modules

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 945-947

  Uekawa, Masahiro ^a   Sasaki, Hironori ^a   Shimura, Daisuke ^a   Kotani, Kyoko ^a   Maeno, Yoshinori ^a   Takamori, Takeshi ^a  

^a OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffractive optical element (DOE); Microlens; Passive alignment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY;

LASER MODULES;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 0037664616     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.813396     Document Type: Article

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