Design rules for maximally flat wavelength-insensitive optical power dividers using Mach-Zehnder structures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1607-1609

  Little, Brent E ^a,b   Murphy, Tom ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Optical power splitter divider

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHASE SHIFT; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MACH-ZEHNDER STRUCTURES; OPTICAL POWER DIVIDERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031344017     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.643284     Document Type: Article

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