Novel design proposal to minimize reflections in deep-ridge multimode interference couplers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1662-1664

  Gottesman, Y ^a   Rao, E V K ^a   Dagens, B ^a  

^a France Telecom   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COUPLED CIRCUITS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFLECTOMETERS; RESONANCE; TRANSMITTERS;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLER; OPTICAL LOW COHERENCE REFLECTOMETRY;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0034469265     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.896341     Document Type: Article

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