Compact wavelength router based on a Silicon-on-insulator arrayed waveguide grating pigtailed to a fiber array

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 664-669

  Dumon, P ^a   Bogaerts, W ^a   Van Thourhout, D ^a   Taillaert, D ^a   Baets, R ^a   Wouters, J ^b   Beckx, S ^b   Jaenen, P ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INSERTION LOSSES; INSULATED WIRE; ROUTERS; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

4-BY-4 WAVELENGTH ROUTER; FIBER-PIGTAILED; VERTICAL FIBER COUPLERS;

ARRAYS;

EID: 31144437414     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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