Mode filter using multimode interference principles: Design and tolerance analysis for accessing waveguides supporting two guided modes

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-142

  Aramburu, C ^a   Vazquez C ^b   Galarza, M ^a   Lopez Amo M ^a   Pena, J M S ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

BURIED WAVEGUIDES; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE DEVICES; OPTICAL MODAL FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0342906552     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2760(20000720)26:2<140::AID-MOP21>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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