A colorless wavelength add or drop module with ultralow power consumption

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3082-3088

  Earnshaw, Mark P ^a   Buhl, L ^a   Cappuzzo, M A ^a   Chen, E ^a   Gomez, L ^a   Wong Foy, A ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical planar waveguide components; Optical switches; Waveguide components; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL CROSS CONNECT; ULTRALOW POWER CONSUMPTION;

PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 36348970210     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.904029     Document Type: Article

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