Arbitrary ratio power splitters using angled silica on silicon multimode interference couplers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1576-1577

  Lai, Q ^a   Bachmann, M ^a,b   Hunziker, W ^a   Besse, P A ^a,c   Melchior, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical waveguide components

Indexed keywords

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; POWER SPLITTING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICA; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0030214247     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19961037     Document Type: Article

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