Bending of a planar lightwave circuit 2 × 2 coupler to desensitize it to wavelength, polarization, and fabrication changes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1211-1213

  Doerr, C R ^a   Cappuzzo, M ^a   Chen, E ^a   Wong Foy, A ^a   Gomez, L ^a   Griffin, A ^a   Buhl, L ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical components; Optical device fabrication; Optical planar waveguide couplers; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguide theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICA;

OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL DEVICE FABRICATION; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE THEORY;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 20544439522     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.846922     Document Type: Article

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