Reduction of chromatic dispersion due to coupling for synchronized-router- based flatpassband filter using multiple-input arrayed waveguide grating

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 22260-22270

  Maru, Koichi ^a   Fujii, Yusaku ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; FOURIER SERIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

COUPLED MODE THEORY; MULTIPLE INPUTS; PASS BANDS; PASS-BAND FILTERS; PHASE COMPENSATION; THEORETICAL MODELING; WAVEGUIDE ARRAY;

WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

EID: 72449196681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022260     Document Type: Article

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