Optical waveguide tap with low polarization dependence and flattened wavelength using a Mach-Zehnder directional coupler

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2434-2440

  Hsu, Shih Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

BENDING EFFECT; COUPLING LENGTH; COUPLING RATIOS; INTERFACE COUPLINGS; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; SILICON-ON- INSULATORS (SOI);

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 77955934140     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002434     Document Type: Article

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