A Rigorous Comparison of the Performance of Directional Couplers with Multimode Interference Devices

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-248

  Rajarajan, M ^a   Rahman, B M A ^a   Grattan, K T V ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Directional couplers; Finite element method; Least squares boundary residual method; Multimode interference devices; Photonic devices; Polarization effects; Power splitters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; LEAST SQUARE BOUNDARY RESIDUAL (LSBR) METHOD; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0033079102     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.744233     Document Type: Article

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