Cascaded mach-zehnder interferometers assembled by submicrometer PTT wires

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1115-1117

  Wang, Yuqing ^a   Zhu, Heng ^a   Li, Baojun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Interferometry; Optical fiber devices; Polymers

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RATIOS; FLAT-TOP; MICRO MANIPULATION; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PATH LENGTH; POLY (TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYMER WIRES; SUBMICROMETERS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONICS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WIRE;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 68449096732     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2023675     Document Type: Article

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