A novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on dual-ARROW structures for sensing applications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4200-4206

  Hsu, Shih Hsin ^a   Huang, Yang Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Interferometry; Optical planar waveguides; Waveguide couplers

Indexed keywords

ANTIRESONANT REFLECTING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES (ARROWS); MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 31344449631     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.859435     Document Type: Article

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