Optimized silicon awg with flattened spectral response using an MMI aperture

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-93

  Pathak, Shibnath ^a   Vanslembrouck, Michael ^a   Dumon, Pieter ^a   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Bogaerts, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AWG; MMI; phasar (phased array); silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

AWG; DEVICE SIZES; MMI; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; NONUNIFORMITY; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

EID: 84871813229     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2231399     Document Type: Article

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