Title :
Alignment-tolerant optical-fiber tips for laser transmitters
Author :
Joyce, W.B. ; De Loach, Bernard C., Jr.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
8/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A procedure is given for designing the tip of a single-mode fiber so that the coupling efficiency with a single-mode semiconductor laser is as large as possible under the constraint that the tolerance for offset misalignment has any prescribed value.
Keywords :
Optical fiber transmitters, lasers; Costs; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Lenses; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.1985.1074263