Tunable and polarization-insensitive arrayedwaveguide grating multiplexer fabricated from fluorinated polyimides

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1020-1026

  Kobayashiii, Junya ^a   Inoue, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrayed wavegtiide grating (awg); Fluorinated polylmide; Multiplexer; Polarizationinsensitivity; Polymer optical waveguide; Tunable awg

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYIMIDES; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SUBSTRATES;

ARRAYED-WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG) MULTIPLEXERS; FLUORINATED POLYIMIDES; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT WAVELENGTH SHIFT; TRANSMISSION PATH WAVELENGTHS;

MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032120740     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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