Title :
Passive alignment of a tapered laser with more than 50% coupling efficiency
Author :
Collins, J.V. ; Lealman, I.F. ; Fiddyment, P.J. ; Jones, C.A. ; Waller, R.G. ; Rivers, L.J. ; Cooper, K. ; Perrin, S.D. ; Nield, M.W. ; Harlow, M.J.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
4/27/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Coupling efficiencies of >50% have been obtained by passively aligning precision-cleaved large-spot-sized lasers to singlemode fibre on a silicon micromachined substrate. This is the highest known coupling figure reported for passive alignment
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical transmitters; semiconductor device packaging; semiconductor lasers; 50 percent; Si; Si micromachined substrate; coupling efficiency; large-spot-sized lasers; laser packages; passive alignment; precision-cleaved lasers; singlemode fibre; tapered laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950508
