Optical-mode transformer: A III-V circuit integration enabler

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1321-1330

  Mersali, Boumédienne ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ramdane, Abderrahim ^a,f,g,h,i,j   Carenco, Alain ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

^b Ecole Supérieure d'Optique ^*

^c Ecole Superieure d'Optique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e Alcatel Alsthom Recherche   (France)

^f University of Algiers   (France)

^g Benyoucef Benkhedda   (Algeria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CNRS   (Algeria)

^j CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

Integrated optics; Mode matching methods; Optical fiber coupling; Semiconductor waveguides

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL MODE TRANSFORMERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031344479     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658786     Document Type: Article

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