Optical mode interleaver based on the asymmetric multimode y junction

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 2043-2046

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

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

asymmetric Y junction; mode division multiplexing; optical interconnection network; Optical mode interleaver

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC Y-JUNCTIONS; INTERLEAVERS; MODE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; MULTIMODES; OPTICAL MODES; Y-JUNCTIONS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 84907480701     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2346082     Document Type: Article

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