New methodology to evaluate the performance of ring resonators using optical low-coherence reflectometry

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1566-1572

  Gottesman, Y ^a   Rao, E V K ^a   Rabus, D G ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FILTER ANALYSIS; OPTICAL LOW COHERENCE REFLECTOMETRY; RACETRACK SHAPED RESONATORS; RING DESIGN PARAMETERS; RING RESONATORS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 3142722673     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.829216     Document Type: Article

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