High power and high sensitivity planar lightwave circuit module incorporating a novel passive alignment method

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-71

  Nakagawa, Gohji ^a,b,c,d   Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi ^a,e   Sasaki, Seimi ^a,d,f   Norimatsu, Masaaki ^a,d,g   Yamamoto, Naoki ^a,b,d,h   Nosaka, Taizo ^a,i   Terada, Koji ^a   Tanaka, Kazuhiro ^a,j   Miura, Kazunori ^a   Yano, Mitsuhiro ^a,j  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fijitsu Laboratories Ltd   (Japan)

^d Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j IEEE

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Author keywords

Alignment method; FTTH (fiber to the home); Marker alignment method; Passive alignment; PLC (planar lightwave circuit); Technology

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY;

MARKER ALIGNMENT METHOD; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0031698483     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.654985     Document Type: Article

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