Ultra-long compact optical polymeric array waveguide true-time-delay line devices

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 754-761

  Chen, Changming ^a   Yi, Yunji ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Yan, Yunfei ^a   Sun, Xiaoqiang ^a   Zhang, Daming ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Optical waveguide; Star coupler devices; True time delay (TTD) lines; UV curable polymer; Waveguide bends

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT WAVEGUIDES; ANTENNA PATTERN; ARRAY WAVEGUIDE; BEND LOSS; BEND WAVEGUIDE; CURVED WAVEGUIDES; DELAY TIME; FABRICATION PROCEDURE; LOW LOSS; MODE PATTERNS; NEAR INFRARED; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS; POLYMERIC ARRAYS; POLYMERIC WAVEGUIDE; SEMIVECTORIAL; STAR COUPLERS; TRUE TIME DELAY; UNIQUE FEATURES; UV CURABLE; UV CURABLE POLYMER; WAVEGUIDE CONNECTOR; WAVEGUIDE SPLITTERS; WIDE-BAND;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TIME DELAY;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77649332053     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2037830     Document Type: Article

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