A dual-channel wavelength multiplexer / demultiplexer based on the restricted-resonance self-imaging effect

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Lin, Kuen Cherng ^a   Lee, Wei Yu ^a  

^a TATUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Multimode interference; Optical waveguide; Wavelength multiplexer

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COUPLER WIDTH; INSERTION LOSSES; MODAL PROPAGATION ANALYSIS (MPA); MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI); WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXER; WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXER;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030871162     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01468039708221257     Document Type: Article

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