Theory of variable-ratio power splitters using multimode interference couplers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 665-667

  Lagali, N S ^a   Paiam, M R ^b   MacDonald, R I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; OPTICAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; POWER SPLITTING RATIO; TRANSFER MATRIX; VARIABLE RATIO POWER SPLITTERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0032661154     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.766778     Document Type: Article

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