Low-loss rectangular-passband multiplexer consisting of a waveguide grating router synchronized to a three-arm interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2334-2336

  Doerr, C R ^a   Cappuzzo, M A ^a   Chen, E Y ^a   Wong Foy, A ^a   Gomez, L T ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratings; Optical directional couplers; Optical filter; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ROUTERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; THREE-ARM INTERFEROMETER; WAVEGUIDE GRATING ROUTER;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 27744463209     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857620     Document Type: Article

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