Wide-angle coupling to multi-mode interference devices -a novel concept for compacting photonic integrated circuits

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E80-C, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 640-645

  Bouda, Martin ^a   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a   Tada, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compact devices; Field mirrors; Mode expansion method; Photonic integration; Power splitters; Wide angle coupling

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE DEVICES; POWER SPLITTERS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0031146469     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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