LASER-DIODE TO SINGLE-MODE FIBER BALL LENS COUPLING EFFICIENCY - FULL-WAVE CALCULATION AND MEASUREMENTS

Authors
RATOWSKY RP YANG L DERI RJ CHANG KW KALLMAN JS TROTT G
Citation
Rp. Ratowsky et al., LASER-DIODE TO SINGLE-MODE FIBER BALL LENS COUPLING EFFICIENCY - FULL-WAVE CALCULATION AND MEASUREMENTS, Applied optics, 36(15), 1997, pp. 3435-3438
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3435 - 3438
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:15<3435:LTSFBL>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We show that the coupling efficiency from a laser diode (LD) to an opt ical fiber through a ball lens can be calculated accurately using the exact solution to Maxwell's equations for the scattering of a beam hom a dielectric sphere. Our calculated results agree closely with coupli ng measurements from an asymmetric LD for two different ball lenses. ( C) 1997 Optical Society of America.