Electronics Letters · 1994 · 52 citations · 2 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptical MaterialsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsOptical FibersPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSemiconductor LasersFiber CouplersFiber LasersHigh-power Semiconductor LasersQuantum Well Laser DiodesQuantum Well LasersSemiconductor Laser DiodesSingle-mode Optical Fibers
Tapered active layer MQW BH lasers with spot sizes closely matched to cleaved fibre are reported. A record low coupling loss of 1.8 dB to 10 µm core cleaved singlemode fibre has been obtained for a device with an 800 µm long taper.
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