Planar comb filters based on aberration-free elliptical grating facets

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1239-1243

  Bidnyk, Serge ^a   Balakrishnan, Ashok ^a   Delǧe, Andreé ^b   Gao, Mae ^a   Krug, Peter A ^c   Muthukumaran, Packirisamy ^d   Pearson, Matt ^a  

^a Enablence Inc   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Metconnex Inc   (Canada)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comb filter; Gratings; Integrated optics; Optical waveguide filters; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INSERTION LOSSES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICA; SILICON; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ABERRATION FREE ELLIPTICAL GRATING FACETS; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE STRUCTURES; MULTIWAVELENGTH OPTICAL SOURCES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILTERS; PASSBAND SHAPE CONTROL; PLANAR COMB FILTERS; SILICA-ON-SILICON COMB FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 18144401326     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.841438     Document Type: Article

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