Arrayed waveguide gratings

Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Volumn 123, Issue , 2006, Pages 125-187

  Leijtens, Xaveer J M ^a   Kuhlow, Berndt ^b   Smit, Meint K ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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EID: 33749235012     PISSN: 03424111     EISSN: 15561534     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31770-8_5     Document Type: Article

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