Compact variable optical attenuator based on multimode interference coupler

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2361-2363

  Jiang, Xiaoqing ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Zhou, Haifeng ^a   Yang, Jianyi ^a   Wang, Minghua ^a   Wu, Yuying ^b   Ishikawa, Shigeta ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Seikoh Giken Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Multimode interference (MMI); Polymer; Thermooptic (TO) effect; Variable optical attenuation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI); THERMOOPTIC EFFECT; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATION;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 27744477425     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857238     Document Type: Article

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