N × N cyclic-frequency router with improved performance based on arrayed-waveguide grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4097-4104

  Kamei, Shin ^a   Ishii, Motohaya ^a   Kaneko, Akimasa ^a   Shibata, Tomohiro ^a   Itoh, Mikitaka ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating; Cyclic frequency router; Optical planar waveguide components; Planar lightwave circuit; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC-FREQUENCY ROUTER; FREQUENCY DEVIATION; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; PERFORMANCE BASED; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT;

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; ROUTERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

EID: 69849100729     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2022415     Document Type: Article

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