Birefringence suppression of UV-induced refractive index with grooves in silica-based planar lightwave circuits

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1118-1119

  Nasu, Y ^a   Kohtoku, M ^a   Abe, M ^a   Hibino, Y ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; STRAIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIREFRINGENCE SUPPRESSION; PHASE TRIMMING; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; UV-INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE;

INSTRUMENT CIRCUITS;

EID: 27144477847     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20052414     Document Type: Article

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