Novel optical single-mode asymmetric Y-branches for variable power splitting

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1092-1096

  Lin, Han Bin ^a   Su, Jung Young ^b   Cheng, Rei Shin ^c   Wang, Way Seen ^d  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRISMS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

OPTICAL SINGLE-MODE ASYMMETRIC Y-BRANCHES; PHASE COMPENSATION RULES (PCR); VARIABLE POWER SPLITTING;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0032634439     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.772181     Document Type: Article

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