Improved design of a polarization converter based on semiconductor optical waveguide bends

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 30, 2001, Pages 5395-5401

  Obayya, Salah S A ^a   Rahman, B M Azizur ^a   Grattan, Kennith T V ^a   El Mikati, Hamdi A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; TENSORS;

POLARIZATION CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0001424398     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005395     Document Type: Article

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