Abstract
High-power superluminescent diodes (SLDs) are useful not only as low-coherence light sources for optical sensing, fiber-optic gyroscopes, and medical instrumentation, but also as gain medium for mode-locked lasers1 and broad-band tunable lasers. The requirements of highpower and single-waveguide-mode impose conflicting constraints on the SLD active stripe design. A solution to this problem is provided by adiabatic tapers.2 However, due to the large stripe width at the facet, such designs do not lead to efficient single-mode fiber coupling, particularly at both ends of the device. We have solved this problem by designing the active stripe of an angled stripe SLD3 in the shape of a "diamond", which performs as an adiabatic expander followed by an adiabatic "contractor" to provide a single-mode optical field at the facet with a size that is compatible with lens and fiber coupling.
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