Optimal design of an MMI coupler for broadening the spectral response of an AWG demultiplexer

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1957-1961

  Dai, Daoxin ^a   Liu, Shuzhe ^a   He, Sailing ^a,b   Zhou, Qincun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); Flattened spectral response; Gaussian approximation; Multimode interference; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL DESIGN; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED-WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG);

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0036875956     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.806330     Document Type: Article

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