InP/InGaAsP-based integrated 3-dB trench couplers for ultra-compact coherent receivers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 311-313

  Krishnamachari, Uppiliappan ^a   Ristic, Sasa ^a   Chen, Chin Hui ^a   Johansson, Leif ^a   Ramaswamy, Anand ^a   Klamkin, Jonathan ^a   Norberg, Erik ^a   Bowers, John E ^a   Coldren, Larry A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dB coupler; Beam splitter; coherent mixing; etched slot; frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR); trench

Indexed keywords

3-DB COUPLER; BEAM SPLITTER; COHERENT MIXING; ETCHED SLOT; FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRENCH;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHASE MODULATION; PRISMS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 79951993713     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2100376     Document Type: Article

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