Design of a polarization insensitive triplexer using directional couplers based on submicron silicon rib waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1443-1447

  Shi, Yaocheng ^a,b   Anand, Srinivasan ^b   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Polarization; Silicon; Triplexer; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; COUPLING REGION; CROSSSECTIONAL GEOMETRY; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; SILICON RIB WAVEGUIDES; SUBMICRON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL BEAM PROPAGATION; THREE-WAVELENGTHS; TOTAL LENGTH; TRIPLEXER;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 67049172733     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2010465     Document Type: Article

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