Traveling wave type semiconductor optical amplifiers integrated with spot-size-converter (SSC-TW-SOA) have been extensively studied for the improvement of coupling effiClency With single-mode fiber and fO! the cost reducClon 111 a packaging In tlIis paper the slructural dependence of the spot-slZe-converter on the effective facet reflectlvllY $R_{eff}$ was experimentally as well as thcoretienlly mvestlgated. It was shown that not only a sufficient mode-conversion in a sse region along the latersl and tran~verse directions but also an introductIOn of angled-facet were very essential in order to reduce $R_{eff}$ Very small ripple less than 0.1 dB in an amplified spontaneous emission spectrum was observed with the fabncated SSC-lW-SOA which consists of the wrndow length of $20mu extrm{m}$, facet angle of $7^{circ}$, and antlrelleetioll-coated facet of ] % reflectivity.tivity.