Mode multi/demultiplexer based on cascaded asymmetric Y-junctions

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 25113-25119

  Chen, Weiwei ^a   Wang, Pengjun ^a   Yang, Jianyi ^b  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC Y-JUNCTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH ORDER MODE; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LARGE SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; MULTI/DEMULTIPLEXERS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; Y-JUNCTIONS;

BANDWIDTH; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; DEMULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT;

MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84886422650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.025113     Document Type: Article

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