A high-performance micro-GRIN-chip spot-size converter formed with focused ion beam

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1554-1556

  Yoda, Hidehiko ^a   Ikedo, Hideki ^a   Ketsuka, Takahiro ^a   Irie, Akinobu ^a   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 fiber connecting; Optical fibers; Optical propagation in nonhomogeneous media; Optical waveguides; Spot size

Indexed keywords

NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; OPTICAL BEAMS; OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTING; OPTICAL PROPAGATION; SPOT SIZES;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 34948867829     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.878150     Document Type: Article

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