Waveguide echelle grating with low polarization-dependent loss using single-side metal-coated grooves

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1885-1887

  Shi, Zhimin ^a   He, Jian Jun ^b,c   He, Sailing ^a,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lightip Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; LOW POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; METAL COATED GROOVES; METALLIC COATING; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDE ECHELLE GRATING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 4043169218     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.831238     Document Type: Article

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