Diffraction-compensated free-space WDM add - Drop module with thin-film filters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-71

  Honda, Tokuyuki ^a   Liu, Alice C ^a   Valera, Jesus ^a   Colvin, Jim ^a   Sawyer, Kevin ^b   McLeod, Robert R ^a  

^a JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^b HSA Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Add drop; Diffraction; Free space; Packaging; Thin film filter; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; INSERTION LOSSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ADD DROP MODULE; AETHERMAL DESIGN; CASCADED FILTERS; OPTICAL MISALIGNMENT; THIN FILM FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0037246053     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.805792     Document Type: Article

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