Optical add/drop multiplexer based on UV-written Bragg grating in a fused 100% coupler

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 803-804

  Bakhti, F ^a   Sansonetti, P ^a   Sinet, C ^a   Gasca, L ^a   Martineau, L ^b   Lacroix, S ^b   Daxhelet, X ^b   Gonthier, F ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gratings in fibres; Multiplexing; Optical couplers

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BRAGG GRATING; OPTICAL ADD DROP MULTIPLEXER;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031121974     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970491     Document Type: Article

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