Low loss fully reconfigurable wavelength-selective optical 1 × N switch based on transversal filter configuration using silica-based planar lightwave circuit

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1480-1482

  Suzuki, K ^a   Mizuno, T ^a   Oguma, M ^a   Shibata, T ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Hibino, Y ^a   Himeno, A ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gratings; Integrated optics; Optical planar waveguides; Optical switches; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SILICA-BASED PLANAR WAVEGUIDE CIRCUIT; TRANSVERSAL FILTER CONFIGURATION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 2942748645     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.827419     Document Type: Article

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