Polymer micro-ring filters and modulators

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1968-1975

  Rabiei, Payam ^a   Steier, William H ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^b   Dalton, Larry R ^c  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Integrated optics; Optical filters; Optical polymers; Optical resonators; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; MODULATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL POLYMERS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0036875283     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.803058     Document Type: Article

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