Wavelength demultiplexer using the spatial dispersion of multilayer thin-film structures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1097-1099

  Gerken, Martina ^a   Miller, David A B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersive media; Nanotechnology; Nonhomogeneous media; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS;

SPATIAL BEAM SHIFTING;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0041523864     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.815318     Document Type: Article

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