Recent advances in high-density and large-scale AWG multi/demultiplexers with higher index-contrast silica-based PLCs

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1090-1101

  Hibino, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING; OPTICAL ADD DROP MULTIPLEXING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL CROSSCONNECTS SYSTEMS; PHOTONIC NETWORKS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; SPOT SIZE CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0036881364     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.805965     Document Type: Article

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