Novel geometry for an integrated channel selector

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1211-1214

  Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Bernasconi, Pietro ^a   Miller, Barry ^a   Yang, Weiguo ^a   Zhang, Liming ^a   Sauer, Nick ^a   Stulz, Lawrence ^a   Cabot, Steven ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating; Channel selector; InP; Monolithic integration; Tunable optical filter; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SHUTTERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING; CHANNEL SELECTOR; POWER SPLITTER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; STAR COUPLER; TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTER;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0036881753     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.805988     Document Type: Article

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