Novel compact polarization converters based on ultra short bends

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1346-1348

  Van Dam, C ^a   Spiekman, L H ^a   Van Ham, F P G M ^a   Groen, F H ^a   Van Der Tol, J J G M ^b   Moerman, I ^c   Pascher, W W ^d   Hamacher, M ^e   Heidrich, H ^e   Weinert, C M ^e   Smit, M K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KPN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^e FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATED POLARIZATION CONVERTER; ULTRA SHORT BENDS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0030270278     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.536650     Document Type: Article

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