Arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer with loop-back optical paths and its applications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 977-984

  Tachikawa, Yoshiaki ^a,b,c   Inoue, Yasuyuki ^a,c,d   Ishii, Motohaya ^a,c,d   Nozawa, Toshinori ^a,c,e,f  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Elec Communications Laboratories

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ADD DROP MULTIPLEXER (ADM); ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG) MULTIPLEXER; LOOP BACK OPTICAL PATHS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030168751     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511597     Document Type: Article

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