Digitally tunable optical filters using arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexers and optical switches

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 321-327

  Ishida, Osamu ^a,b,c,d   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a,b,e,f,g   Inoue, Yasuyuki ^a,b,g,h  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Optical Netwk Syst Labs

^g JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical switches; Tunable filters; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TUNING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING MULTIPLEXERS; LOSS IMBALANCE; SWITCH ELEMENTS; TUNABLE FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0031075550     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.554384     Document Type: Article

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