Title :
Technique for alignment of semiconductor lasers to bevelled single-mode fibres
Author :
Foley, B.M. ; Melman, Paul ; Vo, Kiet T.
Author_Institution :
GTE Labs. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
Abstract :
A novel method of fibre to laser coupling which reduces the sensitive lateral offset in butt coupling is described. Theory and experimental results are presented which compare this technique to the butt-coupling scheme.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical fibres; semiconductor junction lasers; alignment; bevelled single-mode fibres; butt coupling; fibre to laser coupling; semiconductor lasers; sensitive lateral offset;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19901363
