Modal conversion with artificial materials for photonic-crystal waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 354-359

  Lalanne, Ph ^a   Talneau, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE; TAPERING;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0001326915     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000354     Document Type: Article

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