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Athermal Narrow-Band Optical Filter at 1. 55 µ m Wavelength by Silica-Based Athermal Waveguide

Kokubun et al., 1998

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4940938929304308012
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Kokubun Y
Yoneda S
Matsuura S
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IEICE transactions on electronics

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The temperature dependence of central wavelength of optical filters is a serious problem for the dense WDM systems. This dependence is owing to the temperature dependence of optical path-length of the waveguide. In this study, we realized a temperature independent …
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