A high-performance ultracompact optical interleaver based on double-ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1072-1074

  Wang, Zhipeng ^a   Chang, Shih Jung ^b   Ni, Chi Yu ^b   Chen, Yung Jui ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Integrated optics devices; Microring resonators; Optical interleaver; Planar lightwave circuit (PLC)

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; MICRORING RESONATOR; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT; ULTRACOMPACT OPTICAL INTERLEAVER;

BANDWIDTH; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 34447329854     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.899815     Document Type: Article

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