Very low insertion loss arrayed-waveguide grating with vertically tapered waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1180-1182

  Sugita, A ^a   Kaneko, A ^a   Okamoto, K ^a   Itoh, M ^a   Himeno, A ^a   Ohmori, Y ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SILICA;

ARRAYED-WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG); SPOT-SIZE CONVERTERS; VERTICALLY-TAPERED WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0034264745     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.874228     Document Type: Article

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