Compact arrayed waveguide grating devices based on small SU-8 strip waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2009-2014

  Yang, Bo ^a   Zhu, Yunpeng ^a   Jiao, Yuqing ^a   Yang, Liu ^a   Sheng, Zhen ^a   He, Sailing ^a   Dai, Daoxin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG)polymer; strip waveguide; SU 8

Indexed keywords

100 GHZ; 1550 NM; ADJACENT CHANNELS; ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG)POLYMER; ARRAYED WAVEGUIDES; AWG-DEVICES; CHANNEL SPACINGS; COMPACT SIZE; STRIP WAVEGUIDE; STRIP WAVEGUIDES; SU-8; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TUNING RANGES; ULTRA-VIOLET;

CROSSTALK; FABRICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

EID: 79959329069     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2157302     Document Type: Article

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