Polymeric planar waveguide devices for photonic network applications

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4439, Issue , 2001, Pages 36-50

  Yao, H H ^a   Keil, N ^a   Zawadzki, C ^a   Bauer, J ^b   Bauer, M ^b   Dreyer, C ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER IZM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM); Hybrid integration; Optical add drop multiplexer (OADM); Optical arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer (AWG); Optical switches; Optical waveguide components

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DEMULTIPLEXING; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS;

POLYMERIC PLANAR WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 0035759371     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447631     Document Type: Article

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