Application of the saddle point method for the evaluation of crosstalk implications in an arrayed-waveguide grating interconnection

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1357-1366

  Kamalakis, Thomas ^a   Sphicopoulos, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gratings; Optical crosstalk; Phased arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ROUTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED-WAVEGUIDE GRATING INTERCONNECTION; MOMENT-GENERATING FUNCTION; OPTICAL CROSSTALK; SADDLE POINT METHOD;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0036705458     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.800807     Document Type: Article

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