Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Polarization Splitter in InGaAsP/InP

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 402-405

  Groen, F H ^a   de Vreede, A H ^a   Smit, M K ^a   Verbeek, B H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KPN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER POLARIZATION SPLITTER; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH TOLERANT BIREFRINGENT STRUCTURE;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0028396135     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.275500     Document Type: Article

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