High-speed InGaAlAs-InAlAs MQW directional coupler waveguide switch modules integrated with a spotsize converter having a lateral taper, thin-film core, and ridge

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 360-369

  Kohtoku, Masaki ^a,b   Kawano, Kenji ^a,c,d   Sekine, Satoshi ^a,e   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a,f   Yoshimoto, Naoto ^a   Wada, Masato ^a   Ito, Toshio ^a   Yanagibashi, Mitsuaki ^a   Kondo, Susumu ^a,g,h   Noguchi, Yoshio ^a   Naganuma, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Musashino Electrical Communication Lab   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; IMAGE CONVERTERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLER WAVEGUIDE SWITCHES; INDIUM GALLIUM ALUMINUM ARSENIDE; QUANTUM-CONFINED STARK EFFECT (QCSE); SPOTSIZE CONVERTERS (SSC); WET ETCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 17044450866     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.827508     Document Type: Article

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