GALLIUM-ARSENIDE LASER-ARRAY ON SILICON PACKAGE

被引:25
作者
CROW, JD
COMERFORD, LD
HARPER, JS
BRADY, MJ
LAFF, RA
机构
[1] BM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1978年 / 17卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1364/AO.17.000479
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A monolithic array of AlGaAs lasers has been packaged together with an array of fiber lightguides on a substrate of silicon. The components have been optimized for maximum lightguide output radiance consistent with reliable cw laser operation. Coupling efficiencies up to 80% have been achieved between laser and lightguide. Output powers up to 70 mW cw have been observed from a 50-μm core diameter lightguide of 0.15 numerical aperture. Eight-device array multispot packages have been fabricated with 10 mW/spot, limited by laser quality and thermoelectric cooler capacity. Fabrication tolerances and device electrical and optical crosstalk are discussed. © 1978 Optical Society of America.
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页码:479 / 485
页数:7
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