NEAR 100-PERCENT-EFFICIENT FIBER MICROLENSES

被引:91
作者
PRESBY, HM
EDWARDS, CA
机构
[1] AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel
关键词
OPTICAL FIBERS; LENSES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19920367
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Microlenses have been fabricated directly on the ends of optical fibres which demonstrate 90% (-0.45 dB) coupling efficiencies to semiconductor lasers. The lenses are made by laser micromachining a spinning fibre in a microlathe arrangement. Theoretically, it is possible to collect nearly 100% of the laser radiation with the aspheric lens design presented.
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页码:582 / 584
页数:3
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