A Two-Step Laterally Tapered 1.55-μm SSC DFB Laser Fabricated by Using a Nonselective Grating Process

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 732-734

  Park, S W ^a   Moon, C K ^b   Kim, D Y ^b   Kim, Y K ^b   Song, J I ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b NEOPTEK   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nonselective grating process; Spot size converter distributed feedback laser diode (SSC DFB LD); Two step lateral tapering

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ETCHING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLOGRAPHY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

NONSELECTIVE GRATING PROCESS; SPOT SIZE CONVERTER DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER DIODE (SSC DFB LD); TWO-STEP LATERAL TAPERING;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 1642587058     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823721     Document Type: Article

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