Realization of a novel 1×N power splitter with uniformly excited ports

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-39

  Spencer, Daryl T ^a   Dai, Daoxin ^b   Tang, Yongbo ^a   Heck, Martijn J R ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Optical resonators; optical waveguides; power dividers

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; EXCESS LOSS; FIBER COUPLINGS; LOADED QUALITY FACTOR; OPTICAL POWER SPLITTERS; POWER DIVIDER; POWER SPLITTERS; THERMAL OXIDES; WAVELENGTH SELECTIVITY;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTICS; PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 84871787732     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2227695     Document Type: Article

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