RIDGE LASER WITH SPOT-SIZE CONVERTER IN A SINGLE EPITAXIAL STEP FOR HIGH COUPLING EFFICIENCY TO SINGLE-MODE FIBERS

Authors
BISSESSUR H GRAVER C LEGOUEZIGOU O MICHAUD G GABORIT F
Citation
H. Bissessur et al., RIDGE LASER WITH SPOT-SIZE CONVERTER IN A SINGLE EPITAXIAL STEP FOR HIGH COUPLING EFFICIENCY TO SINGLE-MODE FIBERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 10(9), 1998, pp. 1235-1237
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
10
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1235 - 1237
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1998)10:9<1235:RLWSCI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report on a 1.55-mu m laser diode with an integrated spot-size conv erter fabricated in a single epitaxial step using conventional photoli thography. The laser structure uses a conventional ridge guide for the active layers and a second larger ridge for the passive waveguide. Lo w-beam divergence of typically 9 degrees x 9 degrees results in about 3-dB coupling losses with a cleaved optical fiber.