Design of multichannel optical splitter without bends

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 241-255

  Mirkov, Mirko G ^a   Bagley, Brian G ^a   Deck, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Planar lightguide circuit; Rectangular waveguide; Signal splitter

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MULTICHANNEL OPTICAL SPLITTERS;

RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0035741474     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01468030151087691     Document Type: Article

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