Title :
A novel scheme of lensed fiber employing a quadrangular-pyramid-shaped fiber endface for coupling high-power lasers to single mode fibers
Author :
Huang, S.Y. ; Yeh, S.M. ; Lu, Y.K. ; Lin, H.H. ; Cheng, W.H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
A novel lensed fiber employing a quadrangular-pyramid-shaped fiber endface (QPSFE) is proposed. This QPSFE can form any different aspect ratios of elliptical microlens to match the far field of high power and commercial diode lasers.
Keywords :
microlenses; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; semiconductor lasers; aspect ratio; commercial diode lasers; elliptical microlensed fiber; high-power diode lasers; optical fiber fabrication; optical fiber measurement; quadrangular-pyramid-shaped fiber endface; single mode fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
