Study on the internal reflection of the multimode-interference-type device

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2322-2326

  Yang, Lin ^a   Liu, Yuliang ^a   Wang, Aiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Bidirectional beam propagation method; Internal reflection; Multimode interference type device; Taper

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BIDIRECTIONAL BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; COMBINER; INTERNAL REFLECTION; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE TYPE DEVICE; SPLITTER;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 9744238905     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1789987     Document Type: Article

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