TE-TM mode converter in a poled-polymer waveguide

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1054-1062

  Hwang, Wol Yon ^a,b,c   Kim, Jang Joo ^a,d,e,f,g,h   Zyung, Taehyoung ^a,b,d,h,i,j   Oh, Min Cheol ^b   Shin, Sang Yung ^b,d,k,l,m  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e Chemical Engineering Department   (Saudi Arabia)

^f Stanford University   (United States)

^g SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h SRI International ^*

ⁱ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^k POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^m Optical Society of Korea   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

BIREFRINGENT SLAB WAVEGUIDE; CHANNEL TYPE WAVEGUIDE; ELECTROOPTIC POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; MODE CONVERSION PROPERTIES; VECTOR BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030168692     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.502384     Document Type: Article

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