A micro light-beam spot-size converter using a hemicylindrical GRIN-slab tip with high-index contrast

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3821-3826

  Shiraishi, Kazuo ^a   Tsai, Chen S ^b,c  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Optical beam focusing; Optical fibers; Optical propagation in nonhomogeneous media; Optical waveguides; Optical fiber connecting; Spot size

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOCUSING; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINE-CORE WAVEGUIDE; HEMICYLINDRICAL ENDFACE; NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; OPTICAL BEAM FOCUSING; OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTING; SPOT SIZE;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 30344434969     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.857741     Document Type: Article

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