Proposed WDM cross connect using a planar arrangement of waveguide grating routers and phase shifters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 528-530

  Doerr, C R ^a,b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Switched filters; Waveguide filters; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFTERS;

SWITCHING EXTINCTION RATIO; WAVEGUIDE GRATING ROUTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM) CROSS CONNECTS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 3643104224     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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