Sagnac loop in ring resonators for tunable optical filters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2555-2567

  Vázquez, Carmen ^a   Vargas, Salvador Elías ^a   Sanchez Pena, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microresonators; Optical filters; Ring resonators; Sagnac loop; Tuning and optical couplers

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TUNING; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MICRORESONATORS; RING RESONATORS; SAGNAC LOOP; TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 24944504897     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850793     Document Type: Article

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