Achieving small process tolerant wavelength-flattened 3 dB directional couplers in Silica-on-Silicon

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 63-65

  Leick, L ^a   Povlsen, J H ^a   Pedersen, R J S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA;

3 DB DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ASYMMETRIC COUPLERS; MACH-ZEHNDER; PROCESS TOLERANCE; PROCESS TOLERANT; SILICA-ON-SILICON;

SILICON;

EID: 84870620780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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