Novel optical 90° hybrid consisting of a paired interference based 2×4 MMI coupler, a phase shifter and a 2×2 MMI coupler

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1323-1331

  Jeong, Seok Hwan ^a   Morito, Ken ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherent receiver; Multimode interference coupler; Optical waveguide device; QPSK demodulator

Indexed keywords

COHERENT RECEIVERS; COMMON-MODE REJECTION RATIOS; GAINASP/INP; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MMI-COUPLER; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; OPERATING BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE; PHASE DEVIATIONS; QUADRATURE PHASE; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

DEMODULATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 77951458014     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2042278     Document Type: Article

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