Resonant coupler-based tunable add-after-drop filter in silicon-oxynitride technology for WDM networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1400-1406

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

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

RESONANT COUPLER-BASED TUNABLE ADD-AFTER-DROP FILTERS; SILICON-OXYNITRIDE TECHNOLOGIES; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0033352638     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.806897     Document Type: Article

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