Loss reduction of arrayed waveguide grating with mode converters designed by wavefront matching method

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 1300-1301

  Sakamaki, Y ^a   Saida, T ^a   Tamura, M ^a   Itoh, M ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a   Takahashi, H ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEFRONTS;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG); MODE CONVERTERS; TRANSITION LOSSES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33750550890     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20061759     Document Type: Article

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