Optical spotsize converter using narrow laterally tapered waveguide for planar lightware circuits

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 833-839

  Mizuno, Takayuki ^a   Kitoh, Tsutomu ^a   Itoh, Mikitaka ^a   Saida, Takashi ^a   Hibino, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); Gratings; Optical planar waveguides; Phased arrays; Spot size converter; Wave guides arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING; NARROW LATERALLY TAPERED WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL SPOTSIZE CONVERTER; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 2142833430     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.824546     Document Type: Article

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