Analysis of generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometers for variable-ratio power splitting and optimized switching

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2542-2550

  Lagali, Neil S ^a,b   Paiam, Mohammad R ^c   MacDonald, Robert I ^c   Wörhoff, Kerstin ^b   Driessen, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI) COUPLERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0033335494     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.809675     Document Type: Article

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