Wideband tunable wavelength-selective coupling in asymmetric side-polished fiber coupler with dispersive interlayer

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 17747-17753

  Chen, Nan Kuang ^a   Lee, Cheng Ling ^a   Chi, Sien ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH;

DISPERSIVE INTERLAYER; OPTICAL LIQUID; SIDE-POLISHED FIBERS; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE FILTER;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 37549052583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017747     Document Type: Article

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