Design of phased-array wavelength division multiplexers using multimode interference couplers

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5097-5108

  Paiam, Mohammad R ^a   MacDonald, Robert I ^a  

^a TRLABS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Multimode interference; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001366521     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005097     Document Type: Article

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