Arrayed waveguide grating based on group-index modification

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1551-1557

  Matos, Óscar M ^a   Calvo, María L ^a   Cheben, Pavel ^b   Janz, Siegfried ^b   Rodrigo, José A ^a   Xu, Dan Xia ^b   Delâge, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs); Silicon on insulator (SOI) technology; Waveguide arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS (AWGS); COMPACT DEMULTIPLEXER; DISPERSION-ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; GROUP-INDEX MODIFICATION; PHOTONIC-BANDGAP EFFECT; WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33645008247     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.863303     Document Type: Article

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