Low-loss Y-branch waveguides designed by wavefront matching method and their application to a compact 1×32 splitter

Electronics Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-219

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

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; WAVEFRONTS;

PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY; WAVEFRONT MATCHING; Y-BRANCH WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33847127903     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20070083     Document Type: Article

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