Analytical design of X-couplers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 876-885

  Dürr, Florian ^a   Renner, Hagen ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical planar waveguide couplers; Optical waveguide theory; Ultraviolet (UV) written waveguides

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET WRITTEN WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 15744401397     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.838866     Document Type: Article

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