Electronics Letters · 1995 · 60 citations · 2 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicrofabricationPhotonicsFiber OpticsMicrofabrication ProcessesOptical FibersPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSilicon PhotonicsFiber CouplingIntegrated Optics CouplingLaser AlignmentLaser Beam AlignmentLaser MicromachiningOptical Fiber AlignmentOptical System AlignmentOptical-mechanical Alignment
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.
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