Multimode polymeric Y junctions for star couplers in backplane optical interconnect

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5091-5096

  Israel, David ^a   Baets, Roel ^a   Goodwin, Martin J ^b   Shaw, Nicola ^b   Salik, Marc D ^b   Groves Kirkby, Chris J ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b GEC Marconi Materials Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5544288346     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005091     Document Type: Article

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