Abstract

The GaAlAs laser-diode-to-diffused-waveguide edge-coupling efficiency has been evaluated using a Gaussian model for both the waveguide mode and the laser-output mode. The results of the calculation are shown to be in good agreement with previously unpublished coupling data.

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Edge coupling of a GaAlAs DH laser diode to a planar Ti:LiNbO₃ waveguide

D. G. Hall, J. D. Spear-Zino, H. G. Koenig, R. R. Rice, J. K. Powers, G. H. Burkhart, and P. D. Bear
Appl. Opt. 19(11) 1847-1852 (1980)

Effects of waveguide mode asymmetry on the laser diode-to-diffused waveguide coupling efficiency

D. G. Hall
Appl. Opt. 18(20) 3372-3374 (1979)

Coupling of fibers to Ti-diffused LiNbO₃ waveguides by butt-joining

J. C. Campbell
Appl. Opt. 18(12) 2037-2040 (1979)

Analysis of waveguided Gaussian beams coupled by misaligned or curved gratings

Amos Hardy and William Streifer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(9) 1235-1242 (1979)

Semiconductor laser to single-mode fiber coupler

Masatoshi Saruwatari and Kiyoshi Nawata
Appl. Opt. 18(11) 1847-1856 (1979)