A new design approach to large input/output-number multimode interference couplers and its application to low-crosstalk WDM routers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1292-1294

  Huang, J Z ^a,b   Scarmozzino, R ^a   Osgood Jr , R M ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimode interference coupler; Wavelength multiplexer

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; ERROR ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; ROUTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; PHASE ERROR REDUCTION;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0032162536     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.705620     Document Type: Article

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