Wide bandwidth, low loss 1 by 4 wavelength division multiplexer on silicon for optical interconnects

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2401-2409

  Tan, D T H ^a   Ikeda, K ^a   Zamek, S ^a   Mizrahi, A ^a   Nezhad, M P ^a   Krishnamoorthy, A V ^b   Raj, K ^b   Cunningham, J E ^b   Zheng, X ^b   Shubin, I ^b   Luo, Y ^b   Fainman, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

ADD/DROP FILTERS; CHANNEL BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL SEPARATION; CROSSTALK SUPPRESSION; FLAT-TOP RESPONSE; LOW LOSS; PASS BANDS; VERTICAL GRATINGS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXERS; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

BANDWIDTH;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 79851498501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002401     Document Type: Article

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