WDM based on multimode interference-coupler built in an organic-inorganic material

Optics Communications

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Porque, J ^a   Coudray, P ^a   Charters, R ^b   Kribich, K ^a   Etienne, P ^c   Moreau, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0034273140     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00816-6     Document Type: Article

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