Compact Y-branch power splitter based on simplified coherent coupling

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1103-1105

  Hsu, Chih Wei ^a   Chen, Hsuen Li ^b   Wang, Way Seen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Polymer waveguide; S bend; Simplified coherent coupling multisectional bends; Y branch

Indexed keywords

PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

POLYMER WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0042023801     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.815326     Document Type: Article

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