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Athermalised monolithic VMUX employing silica arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer

Soole et al., 2003

Document ID
17662642979872165127
Author
Soole J
Schlax M
Earnshaw M
Narayanan C
Pafchek R
Publication year
Publication venue
Electronics Letters

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The realisation of a monolithic athermalised variable-optical-attenuator-integrated multiplexer (VMUX), implemented in silica-on-silicon waveguide technology, is reported. The VMUX incorporates an athermal arrayed waveguide grating, providing< 0.05 nm of …
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