Perfect chirped echelle grating wavelength multiplexor: Design and optimization

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lycett, Richard J ^a   Gallagher, Dominic F G ^a   Brulis, Vincent J ^a  

^a Photon Design   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gratings; modeling; theory and design; waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; ECHELLE GRATINGS; ROWLAND GRATING; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; STIGMATIC POINTS; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS; THEORY AND DESIGNS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICE;

DESIGN; DIFFRACTION; MODELS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84875601629     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2251874     Document Type: Article

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