An Analytic Method for Designing Passband Flattened DWDM Demultiplexers Using Spatial Phase Modulation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2314-2321

  Shi, Zhimin ^a   He, Jian Jun ^b   He, Sailing ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lightip Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demultiplexer; Etched diffraction grating; Fourier transform; Passband flattening; Spatial phase modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; SILICA;

SPATIAL PHASE MODULATION;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0142227107     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.817696     Document Type: Review

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