DocumentCode
825781
Title
DFB laser with integrated waveguide taper grown by shadow masked MOVPE
Author
Langley, L.N. ; Robbins, D.J. ; Williams, P.J. ; Reid, T.J. ; Moerman, I. ; Zhang, X. ; Van Daele, P. ; Demeester, P.
Author_Institution
GEC-Marconi Mater. Technol. Ltd., Towcester, UK
Volume
32
Issue
8
fYear
1996
fDate
4/11/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
738
Lastpage
739
Abstract
A novel DFB laser structure is reported, it has an integrated waveguide taper and has enabled 29% butt coupling efficiency into cleaved standard singlemode optical fibre. The taper is fabricated using a shadow masked growth technique which results in a 2-D mode matching taper structure
Keywords
distributed feedback lasers; laser modes; optical fibre couplers; optical transmitters; semiconductor growth; semiconductor lasers; vapour phase epitaxial growth; 29 percent; 2D mode matching taper structure; DFB laser; butt coupling efficiency; cleaved standard singlemode optical fibre; integrated waveguide taper; shadow masked MOVPE;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960481
Filename
491062
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