UV-written integrated optical 1×N splitters

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 162-170

  Olivero, Massimo ^a,b   Svalgaard, Mikael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; SILICA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHANNEL UNIFORMITY; INTEGRATED OPTICAL SPLITTERS; SILICA-ON-SILICON;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 30344441787     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000162     Document Type: Article

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