Design of constant optical path couplers for bit-parallel WDM systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3234, Issue , 1998, Pages 94-99

  Mendez, Antonio J ^a  

^a Mendez R and D Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit parallel transmission; Couplers; Planar lightwave circuits; Shepherd pulse; Skew free; WDM

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SILICA; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOLITONS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BIT-PARALLEL; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; PHOTONIC COMPONENTS; PLANAR LIGHT-WAVE CIRCUITS; SHEPHERD PULSE; SILICA ON SILICON; SKEW-FREE;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0005469974     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.300918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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