Nanophotonic polarization diversity demultiplexer chip

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-425

  Van Laere, Frederik ^a   Stomeo, Tiziana ^b   Cambournac, Cyril ^c   Ayre, Melanie ^c   Brenot, Romain ^d   Benisty, Henri ^c   Roelkens, Günther ^a   Krauss, Thomas F ^b   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

Author keywords

CWDM; Demultiplexer; Integrated optics; P i n photodetectors; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DEMULTIPLEXING; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION;

CWDM; DEMULTIPLEXER; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; GRATING COUPLERS; HIGH INDEX CONTRASTS; INP; P-I-N PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITIES;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 61649102914     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.929414     Document Type: Article

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