Tunable monolithic DWDM band-selection interleaver filter switch on silicon-on-insulator substrate

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3363-3368

  Wu, Zhigang ^a,b   Honda, Soichiro ^a,c   Matsui, Junya ^a   Utaka, Katsuyuki ^a   Edura, Tomohiko ^a,d   Tokuda, Masahide ^a,e   Tsutsui, Ken ^a,e   Wada, Wada ^a,e  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fibest Ltd   (Japan)

^c FUJIFILM   (Japan)

^d TOKYO ELECTRON LTD   (Japan)

^e TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bragg reflector; Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM); Interleaver filter; Michelson interferometer; Silicon on insulator waveguide

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; MICROSENSORS; MODULATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHASE SEPARATION; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFLECTION; SUBSTRATES; SWITCHING NETWORKS; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BRAGG REFLECTOR; DENSE WAVELENGTH-DIVISION-MULTIPLEXING (DWDM); INTERLEAVER FILTER; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 60149097992     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.925688     Document Type: Article

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