High-performance metal-clad multimode interference devices for low-index-contrast material systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 561-563

  Huang, J Z ^a,b   Hu, M H ^a   Fujita, J ^a   Scarmozzino, R ^a   Osgood Jr , R M ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupler; Metal cladding; Multimode interference; Wavelength router

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; METAL CLADDING; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI) DEVICES; WAVELENGTH ROUTERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 3643066692     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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