Design of a high-efficiency seven-port beam splitter using a dual duty cycle grating structure

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3187-3190

  Wen, Fung Jacky ^a   Chung, Po Sheun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRISMS;

DAMMANN GRATINGS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DUTY-CYCLE; GRATING STRUCTURES; HIGH-DENSITY GRATING; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; SIMPLIFIED MODAL METHODS; SINGLE LAYER;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 79959941002     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.003187     Document Type: Article

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