A polarization-insensitive 1310/1550-nm demultiplexer based on sandwiched multimode interference waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1789-1791

  Shi, Yaocheng ^a,b,c,d   Anand, Srinivasan ^d   He, Sailing ^a,b,c,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JORCEP   (Sweden)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demultiplexer; Multimode interference (MMI); Polarization independent; Sandwiched waveguide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DEMULTIPLEXER; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE; SANDWICHED WAVEGUIDE;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 36249001160     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.906836     Document Type: Article

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