Direct writing of planar waveguide power splitters and directional couplers using a focused ultraviolet laser beam

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 1694-1695

  Svalgaard, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

PLANAR WAVEGUIDE POWER SPLITTERS; ULTRAVIOLET WRITING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031224727     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971138     Document Type: Article

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