Polarization-insensitive planar lightwave circuit dual-rate mach-zehnder delay-interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1708-1710

  Doerr, C R ^a   Cappuzzo, M A ^a   Chen, E Y ^a   Wong Foy, A ^a   Gomez, L T ^a   Patel, S S ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^a   White, A E ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Modulation; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DUAL RATES; HALF WAVEPLATE; MACH-ZEHNDER; PLANAR LIGHT-WAVE CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION CROSSTALK; POLARIZATION INSENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; SILICA WAVEGUIDE;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; SILICA; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 33747751451     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.870065     Document Type: Article

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