AU2001275134A1 - Polarisation-insensitive diffraction grating for wavelength division multiplexer - Google Patents

Polarisation-insensitive diffraction grating for wavelength division multiplexer

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AU2001275134A1
AU2001275134A1 AU2001275134A AU7513401A AU2001275134A1 AU 2001275134 A1 AU2001275134 A1 AU 2001275134A1 AU 2001275134 A AU2001275134 A AU 2001275134A AU 7513401 A AU7513401 A AU 7513401A AU 2001275134 A1 AU2001275134 A1 AU 2001275134A1
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polarisation
insensitive
diffraction grating
wavelength division
division multiplexer
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Gregory G. Capiello
Robert H. Dueck
Mikhail N. Sokolskiy
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Lightchip Inc
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US20847700P 2000-06-02 2000-06-02
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US09/724,803 2000-11-28
US09/724,803 US6859317B1 (en) 2000-06-02 2000-11-28 Diffraction grating for wavelength division multiplexing/demultiplexing devices
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