Wavelength Tunable Optical Add-After-Drop Filter with Flat Passband for WDM Networks

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-241

  Offrein, B J ^a   Bona, G L ^a   Horst, F ^a   Salemink, H W M ^a   Beyeler, R ^a   Germann, R ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Add drop; Optical filter; Silicon oxynitride; Tunable; Waveguide; WDM

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANT CIRCUITS; TUNING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

THERMOOPTIC HEATERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0033079728     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.740716     Document Type: Article

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