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Simple Gaussian-beam model for GaAlAs double-heterostructure laser-diode-to-diffused-waveguide coupling calculations
Optics Letters
|August 19, 2009
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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 The results of the calculation are shown to be in good agreement with previously unpublished coupling data.
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