Lensed fiber-array assembly with individual fiber fine positioning in the submicrometer range

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 931-938

  Van Zantvoort, Johan H C ^b   Plukker, Simon G L ^b   Dekkers, Erwin C A ^b   Petkov, Georgi D ^b   Khoe, G D ^a,b   Koonen, Antonius M J ^a,b   De Waardt, Huug ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fiber chip coupling; Laser adjustment; Lensed fiber array; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFICIENCIES; FIBER CHIP COUPLING; LASER ADJUSTMENT; LENSED FIBER ARRAYS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LASER BEAM WELDING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SUBSTRATES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33749838182     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.882633     Document Type: Article

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