DocumentCode
1316165
Title
Beam converging laser diode by taper ridge waveguide
Author
Uenishi, Y. ; Isomura, Yoshinori ; Sawada, Renshi ; Ukita, H. ; Toshima, T.
Author_Institution
NTT Appl. Electr. Labs., Tokyo
Volume
24
Issue
10
fYear
1988
fDate
5/12/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
623
Lastpage
624
Abstract
To converge a laser beam parallel to the junction plane, a taper ridged waveguide is fabricated at the tip of the laser diode cavity. The beam converging effect is observed, and the beamwidth parallel to the junction plane is reduced to 1 μm
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; laser beams; optical waveguides; semiconductor junction lasers; GaAs-AlGaAs; beam converging effect; beamwidth; junction plane; laser diode; semiconductor laser; taper ridge waveguide;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
8299
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