Packaging of large-scale planar lightwave circuits

IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part B

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-129

  Kato, Kuniharu ^a,b   Ishii, Motohaya ^b   Inoue, Yasuyuki ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating star coupler; Large scale PLC; Optical matrix switch; Planar lightwave circuit (PLC); Stress free mount

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LSI CIRCUITS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING STAR COUPLER; OPTICAL MATRIX SWITCH; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS (PLC); STRESS FREE MOUNT;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 0032069883     PISSN: 10709894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/96.673698     Document Type: Article

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