Polymer-based compact comb filter with flat top response

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2619-2621

  Wu, Qiang ^a   Chu, Pak L ^a   Chan, H P ^a   Pal, B P ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Comb filter; Mach Zehnder interferometer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

COMPACT COMB FILTER; FLAT TOP RESPONSE; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 29244487857     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859548     Document Type: Article

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