1×12 even fanout using multimode interference optical beam splitter on silicon nanomembrane

Electronics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1281-1283

  Kwong, D ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Hosseini, A ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Chen, R T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; DEVICE SIZES; FAN-OUT; HIGH UNIFORMITY; LOW LOSS; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; NANOMEMBRANES; OUTPUT CHANNELS; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SINGLE STAGE; STRIP WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES;

ELECTRIC LOSSES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 77956336696     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2010.1570     Document Type: Article

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