Low loss star coupler concept for AWGs in rib waveguide technology

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2469-2471

  Schnarrenberger, Martin ^a   Zimmermann, Lars ^a   Mitze, Torsten ^a   Voigt, Karsten ^a   Bruns, Jürgen ^a   Petermann, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); Low loss; Rib waveguide; Silicon on insulator (SOI) technology; Star coupler

Indexed keywords

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

FREE PROPAGATION REGION; RIB WAVEGUIDE; STAR COUPLER;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33947207439     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.886849     Document Type: Article

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