High-efficiency laser-to-fibre coupling circuit using a combination of a cylindrical lens and a selfoc lens

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A new efficient coupling circuit, using a combination of a cylindrical lens and a Selfoc lens, which can be mounted in a laser package, has attained a coupling loss nearly as low as 0·6 dB.

Inspec keywords: optical couplers; optical fibres; self-focusing; lenses; semiconductor junction lasers

Other keywords: cylindrical lens/self-focusing lens combination; optical couplers; Selfoc lens; high efficiency laser/fibre coupling; 0.6 dB coupling loss

Subjects: Optical lens and mirror design; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Optical waveguides and couplers; Fibre optics; Other optical system components

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