Title :
High average coupling of aspherical microlens for high-power laser diodes to fibers
Author :
Wang, Li-Jin ; Hsieh, Wen-Hsuan ; Lin, Yong-Shian ; Liu, Yu-Da ; Lu, Yu-Kuan ; Cheng, Wood-Hi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Sun Yat-sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new scheme of aspherical microlens (ASM) employing a single-grinding technique for efficient coupling between high-power laser diodes and single mode fibers. The ASM exhibited high coupling efficiency of 88% and high average coupling efficiency of 84 %.
Keywords :
aspherical optics; microlenses; semiconductor lasers; aspherical microlens; coupling efficiency; efficiency 84 percent; efficiency 88 percent; high average coupling; high-power laser diodes; single-grinding technique; Automation; Couplings; Fabrication;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
