Theoretical and experimental investigation of optical couplers in SOI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3007, Issue , 1997, Pages 30-39

  Zinke, Thomas ^a   Fischer, Uwe ^a   Schüppert, Berndt ^a   Petermann, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Integrated optics; MMI coupler; Passive components; Silicon; SOI

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS; TELEVISION PICTURE TUBES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; CROSSTALK; FABRICATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PHASE SHIFT; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; MMI-COUPLER; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; SILICON; SOI; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0031359241     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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