ANAMORPHIC MICROLENS FOR LASER-DIODE TO SINGLE-MODE FIBER COUPLING

Authors
MODAVIS RA WEBB TW
Citation
Ra. Modavis et Tw. Webb, ANAMORPHIC MICROLENS FOR LASER-DIODE TO SINGLE-MODE FIBER COUPLING, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(7), 1995, pp. 798-800
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
798 - 800
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:7<798:AMFLTS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
An anamorphic fiber microlens is evaluated for coupling between laser diodes and single-mode fibers, A theoretical model, based on scalar di ffraction and Gaussian mode shapes for the laser and fiber fields, is developed to predict the coupling performance of this microlens. Exper imentally, the average coupling efficiency of this lens is measured to be 78%, The lateral sensitivity is also measured and compared with th e values predicted by the model.