Adaptive Gain Equalizer in High-Index-Contrast SiON Technology

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 504-506

  Offrein, B J ^a   Horst, F ^a   Bona, G L ^a   Germann, R ^a   Salemink, H W M ^a   Beyeler, R ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Erbium amplifier; Gain equalization; Reconfigurable; Silicon oxynitride (SiON); Waveguide; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001566926     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.841267     Document Type: Article

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