Coupling characteristics of multicore photonic crystal fiber-based 1 × 4 power splitters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2062-2068

  Varshney, Shailendra K ^a,b   Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Sinha, Ravindra K ^c   Koshiba, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Couplers; Couplings; Fiber couplers; Finite element methods; Finite element methods (FEMs); Magnetic cores; Microstructured fibers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fiber; Photonic crystal fibers; Power splitter

Indexed keywords

COUPLERS; FIBER COUPLERS; FINITE-ELEMENT METHODS (FEMS); MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLERS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; POWER SPLITTER;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 67649849598     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2006692     Document Type: Article

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