Optical directional coupler based on Si-wire waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 585-587

  Yamada, Hirohito ^a,b   Chu, Tao ^b   Ishida, Satomi ^c   Arakawa, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b OITDA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Integrated optics; Optical communication equipment; Optical directional couplers (DCs); Optical planar waveguide couplers; Optical waveguide filters; Silicon on insulator technology; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SILICON WAFERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS (DCS); OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILTERS; PROPAGATION LOSS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 14844362582     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.840926     Document Type: Article

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