Multimode interference-based two-stage 1 × 2 light splitter for compact photonic integrated circuits

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 706-708

  Mašanović, Milan L ^a   Skogen, Erik J ^a   Barton, Jonathan S ^a   Sullivan, Joseph M ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a   Coldren, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam splitting; Multimode waveguides; Optical beam splitting; Optical planar waveguide components; Waveguide components

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

LIGHT SPLITTER; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; WAVEGUIDE SPACING;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 0037515613     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809972     Document Type: Article

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