Characterization and performance evaluation of coupled multiwaveguide arrays

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1884-1889

  Kaplan, Arkady ^a   Ruschin, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION; TITANIUM; VECTORS;

COUPLED METHOD THEORY; COUPLED MULTIWAVEGUIDE ARRAYS; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; COUPLING PARAMETERS; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0033347545     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.793771     Document Type: Article

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