Improve channel uniformity of an Si-nanowire AWG demultiplexer by using dual-tapered auxiliary waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3001-3007

  Sheng, Zhen ^a,b   Dai, Daoxin ^a,b   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); Auxiliary waveguide; Dual tapered; Nanowire; Nonuniformity; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DEMULTIPLEXING; NANOWIRES; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

AUXILIARY WAVEGUIDE; CHANNEL UNIFORMITY; WAVEGUIDE ARRAY;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 36348978237     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.905222     Document Type: Article

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