Temporal characteristics and scaling considerations of multimode interference couplers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1206-1210

  Euliss, G W ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BANDWIDTH; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0032640591     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.774256     Document Type: Article

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