Low-loss, flat-passband and athermal arrayed-waveguide grating multi/demultiplexer

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 18351-18356

  Maru, Koichi ^a   Abe, Yukio ^a  

^a HITACHI CABLE LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; DEMULTIPLEXING; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SILICA; WAVELENGTH;

FLAT-PASSBAND SPECTRA; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT (PLC) TECHNOLOGY; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE;

FILTRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 37549028859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.018351     Document Type: Article

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