Multimode interference couplers for the conversion and combining of zero- and first-order modes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1228-1238

  Leuthold, Juerg ^a   Eckner, Juerg ^a,c   Gamper, Emil ^a   Besse, Pierre A ^a,b   Melchior, Hans ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MODE CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032123229     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.701401     Document Type: Article

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