Planar 1 × N optical multiplexer with nearly ideal response

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1545-1547

  Dragone, C ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating; Integrated optics; Optical filter; Optical planar array; Optical planar waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

IDEAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER; OPTICAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL PLANAR ARRAY; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DEMULTIPLEXING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0036852928     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.803384     Document Type: Article

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