title: Mode coupling in thin-film chirped gratings.
abstract: Mode coupling in thin-film chirped gratings is discussed. TE-TM-mode coupling is shown to occur for inclined incident light. The wavelength resolution of a chirped-grating demultiplexer is described in terms of mode coupling.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji, Tokyo 185, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuzawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura