High-performance 1.55-μm superluminescent diode with butt-coupled spot-size converter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 894-896

  Oh, Su Hwan ^a   Lee, Dong Hoon ^a   Kim, Ki Soo ^a   Baek, Yong Soon ^a   Oh, Kwang Ryong ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Double waveguide core structure; Spot size converter (SSC); Superluminescent diode (SLD)

Indexed keywords

CORE STRUCTURE; EFFICIENT COUPLING; INJECTION CURRENTS; LOW THRESHOLDS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORKS; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVE WAVEGUIDES; PLANAR LIGHT-WAVE CIRCUITS; PLANAR-BURIED HETEROSTRUCTURE; SPOT SIZE CONVERTERS; SPOT-SIZE CONVERTER; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODE; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

WAVEGUIDES;

DIODES;

EID: 55349124579     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.922639     Document Type: Article

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