Compact beam splitters with deep gratings for miniature photonic integrated circuits: Design and implementation aspects

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Chin Hui ^a   Klamkin, Jonathan ^b   Nicholes, Steven C ^a   Johansson, Leif A ^a   Bowers, John E ^a   Coldren, Larry A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PRISMS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

BALANCED RECEIVERS; COHERENT RECEIVERS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOW INSERTION LOSS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70249136507     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000F68     Document Type: Article

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