Ultra-compact birefringence-compensated arrayed waveguide grating triplexer based on silicon-on-insulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1935-1940

  Zou, Jun ^a   Jiang, Xianxin ^a   Xia, Xiang ^a   Lang, Tingting ^b   He, Jian Jun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); birefringence; integrated optics; silicon nanowire; triplexers

Indexed keywords

LARGE BIREFRINGENCE; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL NETWORK UNITS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT WAVELENGTH; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE; TRIPLEXERS;

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; NANOWIRES; POLARIZATION; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

EID: 84878270278     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2261857     Document Type: Article

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