Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLCs)

Planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) provide various important devices for optical WDM, TDM systems, subscriber networks and etc. This paper reviews the recent progress and future prospects of PLC technologies including arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexers, optical add/drop multiplexers, programmable dispersion equalizers and hybrid optoelectronics integration technologies.

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