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A novel grating-in-etalon WDM device and a proof-of-concept demonstration of a 1 x 40 polarization insensitive WDM

Fu et al., 1997

Document ID
18174983752976725571
Author
Fu X
Xu J
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

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We propose a novel grating-in-etalon device for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications. After presenting the device concept and a specific design of the device configuration, we report a first proof-of-concept demonstration of a 1/spl times/40 …
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