The longitudinal offset technique for apodization of coupled resonator optical waveguide devices: Concept and fabrication tolerance analysis

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 21050-21059

  Doménech, José David ^a   Muñoz, Pascual ^a   Capmany, José ^a  

^a ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; FABRICATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; LONGITUDINAL CONTROL; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; COUPLED-RESONATOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; COUPLING CONSTANTS; CURRENT FABRICATION; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TRANSMISSION RESPONSE;

WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70749129110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021050     Document Type: Article

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