An ultracompact DP-QPSK demodulator based on multimode interference and photonic crystals

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1595-1601

  Xiang, Lei ^a   Xu, Yameng ^a   Yu, Yu ^a   Zhang, Xinliang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coherent detection; multimode interference (MMI); photonic crystal (PC)

Indexed keywords

CHIP SIZES; COHERENT DETECTION; COMMON-MODE REJECTION RATIOS; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; PHASE ERROR; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEMODULATORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; POLARIZATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84859706036     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2188277     Document Type: Article

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