A novel polarization-independent wavelength-division-multiplexing filter based on cylindrical microresonators

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1294-1299

  Klunder, Dion J W ^a   Roeloffzen, Chris G H ^a   Driessen, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microresonators; Optical waveguides; Polarization diversity; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERFORMANCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MICRORESONATORS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0036881322     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.806675     Document Type: Article

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