An asymmetric twin waveguide eight-channel polarization-independent arrayed waveguide grating with an integrated photodiode array

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1170-1172

  Tong, Wilson ^a   Menon, Vinod M ^a   Xia, Fengnian ^a   Forrest, Stephen R ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); Optical communication; Photodiodes; Photonic integrated circuits; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CROSSTALK; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING; CHANNEL NONUNIFORMITY; LOW-LOSS POLARIZATION;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 1942500908     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824923     Document Type: Article

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