DocumentCode
1150772
Title
Taper-waveguide integration for polarisation insensitive InP/InGaAsP based optical amplifiers
Author
Brückner, H.J. ; Mersali, B. ; Sainson, S. ; Feuillade, M. ; Ougazzaden, A. ; Krauz, Ph. ; Carenco, A.
Author_Institution
Lab. de Bagneux, CNET, Bagneux, France
Volume
30
Issue
16
fYear
1994
fDate
8/4/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1290
Lastpage
1291
Abstract
The authors report the simple integration of a 1.55 μm optical amplifier taper with a coupling waveguide yielding a lateral beam divergence of 7.5°, a lateral spot size expansion factor of 9.5 and a coupling loss to a cleaved standard fibre of 2.6 dB
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; semiconductor lasers; 1.55 micron; 2.6 dB; InP-InGaAsP; InP/InGaAsP based optical amplifiers; cleaved standard fibre; coupling loss; coupling waveguide; lateral beam divergence; lateral spot size expansion factor; polarisation insensitive amplifiers; taper-waveguide integration;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19940879
Filename
311983
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