Design and demonstration of direct UV-written small angle X couplers in silica-on-silicon for broadband operation

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 6113-6118

  Adikan, Faisal R M ^a   Gawith, Corin B E ^a   Smith, Peter G R ^a   Sparrow, Ian J G ^b   Emmerson, Gregory D ^b   Riziotis, Christos ^c   Ahmad, Harith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Stratophase Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICA;

CROSSING ANGLE; DEVICE MODELING; UV-WRITTEN X COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

ULTRAVIOLET INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33749821495     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006113     Document Type: Article

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