All-optical combiner-splitter and gating devices based on straight waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3177-3184

  Wescott, Matthew ^a   Guangzhou, Chen ^b   Yanyun, Zhang ^b   Bagley, Brian G ^b   Deck, Robert T ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

DESIGN ANALYSIS; DEVICE FABRICATION; OPTICAL COMBINER SPLITTER DEVICES;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 34547317930     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.003177     Document Type: Article

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