1. A Passive Optical Alignment Technique for Single-mode Fibers and Light-source Arrays
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Koichiro Adachi, M. Shishikura, T. Aoki, H. Irie, S. Tanaka, Kazuhiko Naoe, Y. Sasaki, Akira Nakanishi, and Takanori Suzuki
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Distributed feedback laser ,Optical alignment ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Optical testing ,020208 electrical & electronic engineering ,Single-mode optical fiber ,Physics::Optics ,02 engineering and technology ,Laser array ,Fiber array ,020210 optoelectronics & photonics ,Optics ,Light source ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Coupling efficiency ,Optoelectronics ,business - Abstract
A passive optical alignment based on a lens-integrated surface-emitting laser array and a single-mode fiber array was demonstrated. The proposed alignment technique enables better coupling efficiency than that of conventional DFB laser with active alignment.
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- 2017
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