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Field matching Y-branch for low loss power splitter

Gamet et al., 2005

Document ID
143669299971899858
Author
Gamet J
Pandraud G
Publication year
Publication venue
Optics communications

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A new approach for lowering the loss at the branching point of a Y-branch power splitter is proposed. By adding a succession of low refractive index regions with selective parameters in the straight waveguide before the branching region, the field matching is improved due to …
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