A rigorous comparative analysis of directional couplers and multimode interferometers based on ridge waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 466-475

  Darmawan, Stevanus ^a   Lee, Chee Wei ^a   Lee, Shuh Ying ^a   Chin, Mee Koy ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Directional coupler (DC); Integrated optics; Multimode interference (MMI) devices; Polarization; Ridge waveguides

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS (DC); MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI) DEVICES; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; SIGNAL ROUTING;

CROSSTALK; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 18844385527     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.846521     Document Type: Article

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