Tapered Polymer Single-Mode Waveguides for Mode Transformation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 466-474

  Fan, Regis S ^a   Brian Hooker, R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode size transformation; Optical fiber coupling; Optical waveguides; Tapered polymer waveguides

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; POLYMERS;

MODE TRANSFORMATION; TAPERED POLYMER WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0033099291     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.749387     Document Type: Article

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